The actual answer is that the rest of Europe had a say in denazifying Germany, and Japan was mostly left in the hands of the Dulles brothers, at least one of who was a card-carrying Nazi.
Allen Dulles, (the confirmed Nazi) was the first head of the CIA and personally pulled Kishi Nobusuke out of prison to head Japan’s post-war hard-right political party/government.
Also, Japan’s surrender, while treated as total, actually came with many conditions, as Japan was still ready to resume the fight if its ‘sovereignty’ was treated too roughly, whereas Nazi Germany was actually defeated and occupied piece-by-piece.
The actual answer is that the rest of Europe had a say in denazifying Germany, and Japan was mostly left in the hands of the Dulles brothers, at least one of who was a card-carrying Nazi.
Allen Dulles, (the confirmed Nazi) was the first head of the CIA and personally pulled Kishi Nobusuke out of prison to head Japan’s post-war hard-right political party/government.
Also, Japan’s surrender, while treated as total, actually came with many conditions, as Japan was still ready to resume the fight if its ‘sovereignty’ was treated too roughly, whereas Nazi Germany was actually defeated and occupied piece-by-piece.