The Japanese believed death was preferable to capture. I've seen footage of Japanese women and children jumping off of cliffs after their island was taken. This happened in every island captured and would continue to happen.
Japan also had ambitions to conquer central asia, the rape of nanking and other japanese atrocities were heavy on rape, murder, theft and arson. As much as like modern japan, these were the bad guys in every way. They combined Bushido tradition with western warfare and built an army that no south pacific country could match. A drawn out war between Japan and the US would have created a very different japan than we have today, most likely for the worst.
Besides, the Japanese don't complain much for having a nuke dropped on them, they know they had it coming.
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