The Japanese government issued a statement following India's attack on Pakistan. It urged both sides to exercise restraint and prevent the outbreak of a full-scale armed conflict. According to India, ...

Though the air attack inflicted heavy losses, the Japanese military did not advance ... According to historians, armed citizens were not among the key reasons Japan opted not to invade the ...

Numerous Japanese citizens would be sacrificed ... Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire. New York: Penguin Books, 1999. Ienaga, Saburo. The Pacific War, 1931-1945: A Critical ...