Check all that apply. In order to deflect blame, Japanese apologetic narratives focused on which aspects?Multiple choice

Japanese apologetic narratives build a contrast between a moderate Hirohito and radical militarists, who allegedly had plunged Japan into war without the knowledge or consent of the Emperor.

Japanese apologetic narratives focused on the homefront alleging that the victorious army had been stabbed in the back by communists.

Japanese apologetic narratives equated the suffering of Chinese and other people under Japanese aggression with Japanese victims. This moral equivalence argument obscures that Japanese people became victims of a war Japan had unleashed and many Japanese people had supported.

Japan glossed over the sufferings of other Asians, particularly Chinese people which was aided by the isolation of China after the Communist victory.