UJ :-
Oh! I almost forgot to say that the poison gas in question, namely mustard gas, was being dropped for trial purposes only, admittedly in quite alarming circumstances.
Jack
If your point is that the RAF were preparing to drop poison gas operationally following trials (by Danny in India in this case), then I agree. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were yet to happen and the preoccupation was for the upcoming challenge of the invasion of Japan. All the ducks had to be in a row, including the possible use of war gasses, just as they were 5 years previously when the expected invasion was to be of our own homeland. We had the gasses and we were prepared to use them against invading German forces. It seems that the same leader who called for that also wanted its use in Iraq. In each case the RAF if so ordered would no doubt have used it. It wasn't and it didn't. That is the point, Jack. Not that it wasn't considered but that it wasn't used, contrary to the slur published by veet.
As to Japan admitting anything about its culpability in initiating aggressive war, let alone bringing about its own demise, it never has. Germany atoned for its actions and became a flourishing democracy whereas Japan didn't. Instead of being the guilty party it has successfully assumed the mantle of victim. With the rise of a militant China seeking revenge for the ravaging of its people and homeland by the IJA it may live to regret such self justification.