The Japanese military was complicit in organising murder, that is a proven fact under war crimes trial proceedings. By the very nature of their actions, Japanese soldiers were not only given free reign to rape and pillage, they were encouraged to do so by their leaders.
The key military leadership going all the way to the emperor was responsible for the acts of atrocity committed by the Japanese military of the second world war. Japanese women in occupied Japan in the immediate aftermath of WWII were relatively free of rape and harassment.
Yes, rapes did occur by the occupation forces from time to time; however, in a marked difference of leadership, the perpetrators were charged with crimes and punished accordingly by the various commands of the occupying forces.
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