[Polybius]

"The U.S. justifies the bombings saying they saved many American lives," said Nobuo Miyake, 78, director-general of a group of victims living in Tokyo. "It's outrageous for a Japanese politician to voice such thinking. Japan is a victim."

O.K. Let's rephrase that.

"The U.S. justifies the bombings saying they saved many Japanese lives."

Operation Downfall was the overall Allied plan for the invasion of Japan at the end of World War II..........Casualty predictions varied widely, but were extremely high for both sides: depending on the degree to which Japanese civilians resisted the invasion, estimates ran into the millions for American casualties[1] and the tens of millions for Japanese casualties.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Interesting stat at the bottom of the summary. The US manufactured so many Purple Heart medals in anticipation of the invasion of Japan that we’re still using this stockpile of medals in Iraq & Afghanistan.