[GoNative]

In my 7 years here I've never had a Japanese person ever even mention the war. Mentioned it a few times myself but at least among younger people I know (aged 20-40) they seem to have little knowledge or interest about it. Hokkaido of course is a long way from the what happened down south.

In Australia among the elderly there's still a reasonable amount of resentment towards the Japanese. Few of them would feel much empathy for the those affected by the atomic bombs considering the horrendous amounts of people who suffered and were killed by the Japanese as they invaded most of the countries of eastern and south eastern Asia. I personally feel considering the options at the time and the terrible toll the war had already taken that the use of atomic weapons was entirely justifiable and if anyone should be seeking forgiveness it's the Japanese not the Americans.