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In 8 pages the author discusses how World War II affected the society and the political system of the Japanese. The Japanese have always been a proud people. When they lost World War II, it had a major affect on them. They 'lost face.' This is the worst possible thing that could happen to them. The culture of Japan is such that the people just can not lose. They must win at all cost. The Japanese would rather face death than defeat. To lose face for the Japanese was a fate worse than death. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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This is the worst possible thing that could happen to them. The culture of Japan is such that the people just can not lose. They must win at
all cost. This is one reason for the kamikaze pilots. They were willing to go to their deaths, in order to subvert the enemy. When one thinks
of Japanese history, the Samurai comes to mind. The Samurai were mighty warriors. They would rather face death than defeat. To lose face for the Japanese was
a fate worse than death. For all practical purposes, Asian immigration was halted by World War II.
There was also a dramatic change in the way that the Americans viewed the Japanese. The Japanese were vilified during the war. There was an anti-Japanese hysteria.
Hashimoto (1994) said, "First generation Japanese parents, the issei, had relentlessly hammered traditional values into the minds of their children. The most important of these were a sense of
duty and obligation, perseverance in the face of adversity, self-restraint, seriousness, respect for elders and obedience" (2). Those values led the issei into the interment camps without complaint or
resistance. The Japanese placed the "needs of the group over the needs of the individual" (Hashimoto, 1994, 1). Chang (1997) suggests that some
history is needed to better understand the Japanese and their actions and reactions. Japanese men had spent decades in training for a war with China that was inevitable.
He said, "The molding of young men to serve in the Japanese military began early: In the 1930s, toy shops became virtual shrines to war, selling arsenals of toy soldiers,
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