[GoNative]

Many Japanese committed suicide rather than be taken prisoner by the Americans including parents killing their children due largely to the propaganda about how bloodthristy the Americans were.

All countries get involved in such propaganda when going to war. It easier to kill people when you barely think of them as human. Hitler denigrated the Jews to the point where the people partook in some of the worst atrocities ever committed and it certainly helped make the Japanese particularly vicious in their treatment of the peoples of Asian countries they invaded.

It's what governments do in times of war. And it can take generations before the rhetoric of hatred is forgotten. Racists though always hold onto it...