Not sure it was different. I know that there were many in Japan that knew that attacking the US was folly. One case I read about was a father telling his sone how foolish it was while there were working in the family machine shop. ‘Look at all the machines we are using to make and repair other machines. Look at where they were manufactured. “Made in England”, Made in U.S.A.”. How do those fools think we can defeat them?” Support for the government was far from universal but on the surface universal enthusiasm was all that was seen. Same today with Covid. My work puts me in contact with many medical professionals. One is an infectious disease control specialist. He wears a mask, When I asked him why he of all people is wearing a mask his eyes widened to a comical degree. I started to explain my qualifications with respirators and that I know what masks can and can not do. He put his hand up and said in English, “It’s political”. reverting to his native Japanese he explained that everyone in his specialty knows that the measure they are forcing us to take are meaningless but that no one can speak up. Questioning why they can’t speak elicited a peculiar Japanese gesture of a clenched fist, bent wrist delivered to the top of his head. The first time I saw this gesture used was when my two elderly female students who were children during the war told me why they could not repeat what they told me about Japan during the to their peers. A clenched fist, a bent wrist to the top of their heads. I am truly terrified about the future.