[Lonesome in Massachussets]

My point was that for most modern Germans, “Memorial Day” is not a celebration of martial ardor, but a solomn and dignified memorial of lives tragically destroyed.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Got your point.
The Japanese government did next to nothing for their surviving vets.
We used to see them dressed in starched white Japanese Army uniforms, begging for money, at the entrances of local shrines and at the Buddha statue in Kamakura. Many were amputees, playing old musical instruments, sometimes singing old patriotic songs. The average Japanese wouldn't look at them.