What Were the Japanese Thinking?

The article focuses on war that Japan officially launched against China in 1937 and prosecuted relentlessly for eight years resulted in approximately two million deaths of Japanese soldiers and sailors, and as many as 1.2 million of the nation's civilians. It mentions combined Hiroshima and Nagasaki death toll, immediate and over time, every month, or that same toll every 1.5 months. It also mentions Hirohito broke free from his diligent preparations for his destiny.