To summarize Japanese Neo-Fascist reactions:
They pretend to care about Yuan and Qing only because it helps them attack China.
They pretend to care about “historical consistency” only because they want to escape Japan’s own war crimes.
They pretend Chinese people are brainwashed because Chinese memory is inconvenient to Japanese shame.
But the facts remain simple:
Yuan and Qing belong to China’s dynastic continuity.
Nanjing belongs to Japan’s fascist record.
Unit 731 belongs to Japan’s fascist record.
Comfort women belong to Japan’s fascist record.
Yasukuni belongs to Japan’s refusal to fully repent.
You are not defending history.
You are trying to edit the victim’s memory while protecting the perpetrator’s reputation.