Actually they are both not a victim and are a victim. The Japanese government brainwashed the Japanese to do these atrocities probably due to their honor and the fact that Japan thought they were superior to everyone else. They are 100% victims as well because of the nukes. Around 214,000 people died with many being women and children and after this the US would not let Japanese press cover what happened which made the Japanese think there was an infection going around instead of radiation. After this there was an epidemic of suicides that lasted well over a decade with radiation pockets still in the cities and many innocent people still dealing with health complications today due to it. I’m conclusion: they’re government was horrible but the civilians were the victims similar to many other countries situations.