Unit 731.
And in other news: Rape of Nanking.
Etc.
Now, do the deaths and murder of those innocent people justify the deaths of yet another thousands of innocents on the Japanese side? No they don't. The death of innocent people can naturally not be "justified". But war itself is not just. I don't know war because I've never been to one, but I think it is safe to say that by its nature, it is the opposite of justice, decency, compassion and sympathy. It is when these things end, that war starts.
So, while the death of tens of thousands of people in 2 nuclear attacks is not "just" in any event, the above examples show what kind of enemy the US and Allied Forces were up against in the Pacific as well. And in light of the timid recognition of their own horrible atrocities, I would have a hard time with the Japanese demanding an apology for the nuclear attacks.
Either everybody apologizes to everybody for any wrongdoing that might have happened (well, aside from waging war on one another in the first place), or better, gives it a rest.
The only sincere apology / real peace settlement can only be between individuals, anyway. Most everything else is just politics.
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