There’s a similar attitude in Japan, I agree. However, Japan doesn’t go anywhere close to the lengths Israel does in preventing any criticisms of its policies. Worst case scenario is you get socially shunned and blacklisted from some public institutions in Japan, but outside the country you wouldn’t get much lashback from calling out their past wrongdoings.

Also, Israel does this to defend something they’re CURRENTLY doing that is extremely unpopular, Japan does it to defend something they used to do (but wouldn’t mind doing it again) and is largely ignored by the western world.