[Barone1551]

There are some major differences between how Germany and japan handled guilt at the end of the war. Some say that Japan has not fully dealt with their guilt. Germany took a stance of collective guilt, which blames the German people to some extent. This shows that the people had at least a minor part in the war. Japan more or less blamed their leaders at the time and moved on.

I have heard of the textbook discrepancy as well. Japanese textbooks kinda gloss over the things that lead to the war and stick to just dates and times.

Although it does seem like China wont accept the apology so they can hold it over japan.