what is the term for japanese soldiers commiting suicide instead of being prisoners of war other than kamakazi
83366
Hari-kiri - to disembowel oneself to avoid shame or imprisonment. Kamikaze is basically the same as a suicide-bomber.
1044792
The big difference is that the Kamikaze target legitimate military targets.  A suicide bomber typically targets innocent civilians.\n\nI may not understand the Kamikaze - but I can respect him.  A suicide bomber deserves no respect whatsoever.
696941
Yes, however some 4,000 members of the Special Attack Forces (Tokkotai) gave their lives for Japan during WWII. They sank 34 allied ships and damaged 288 more. More than 12,000 Americans were killed in kamikaze attacks, some 36,400 were wounded. According to a Japanese account 80 percent of the American losses at the end of WWII could be attributed to kamikaze pilots. Almost 60 years later few former kamikaze pilots survive.
501063
hi, if you mean German Prisoner of wars you could try looking at 'Grizedale Forrest' (it's in the lake district) website because that used to be a prisoner of war camp, because some of them tried to escape!!  other than that try looking in history journals!  Your college should have some in that could help you!
273040
Sounds like a crash and burn case to me. Oh by the way the Japanese pilots did not wear crash helmets. They wanted to die with their heads wrapped in sashes with their family names written on them. This way they can die and honor their family name. Thanks. LJK.
267984
The US Army was responsible for running the AJA (Americans of Japanese ancestry) internment camps during WW2.  The accommodations and services in the camps were Spartan, to say the least.  Shelter was built out of cinderblocks or thin wood.  Meals were generally served in a communal setting.  Showers and toilets were similar to those used by the military.  Internees were offered the opportunity to go to school and farm their own small plots of land.  Over time, gangs developed which put pressure on people to be more "Japanese" and resist cooperating with the American authorities.  Eventually the Army broke up the gangs.\nWhen offered the chance, many young men volunteered out of the camps to join the US armed forces in order to prove their loyalty.  They made some of the toughest soldiers who ever fought for the US.
888150
I think that you may be British, so pardon my colonial experience. Perhaps some of the civilian nurses that went into captivity when the Japanese overran everything.\nThe civilian workforce that helps out in the day to day operation of any branch is indispensable.
897557
Yes there is and it was in the news a lot some months back because of such pacts. It's a person's right to commit suicide but if they need support to do it, then they are not ready. Suicide should be the last resort - it affects so many people who are left behind. The family carry that burden for ever and those who feel that they could have helped feel terrible guilt. In fact, many cannot cope and end up with depression and mental health issues themselves. Suicide is an easy option when the going gets tough. It's much harder to fight and beat depression but once you do, you will never want to go back to that black place.
1007324
Couple of Yens.\n\nTHE WORLD'S GONE MAD: Japanese girls force fellow student to work as prostitute\nMatt Drudge... ^ \n\nPosted on 01/08/2004 2:28:38 AM PST by PureSolace\n\nTokyo (dpa) - Five school girls forced another female student to work as a prostitute so they could pay for a mobile phone bill, police said Thursday. \n\nThe five grammar school girls between 14-16 years old were arrested after allegedly beating the 16-year-old fellow student while keeping her at an apartment for three days. \n\nThey arranged sexual liaisons with three men through a personals service and the men paid the 16-year-old victim to have sex with them. The girls had said they needed pocket money and also needed to pay off a mobile telephone bill costing more than 450 dollars. \n\nPolice said the victim tried to escape her horrific ordeal by jumping out a window to commit suicide. She survived the attempt, but suffered serious injuries and required six months of therapy. \n\nThe perpetrators were to be taken to a reformatory.
666784
None official that I know of, though in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese the name translates as "star of the king of the dead". Also, in Korean, it is named "Yama" after the guardian of hell in Budhism and Hinduism.
71217
Fun?  I have a feeling he wasn't a real "fun" guy.  His nickname was "kamisori," or "the razor."  He became prime minister of Japan less than two months before he ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor, and he is the only Japanese head of government to be executed for war crimes.
527151
If you google list american POWs WWII, you'll get many sites.  They seem to be split up between Japan and Europe, so you'll have to do the math.
541269
Because the point of the Kamikaze was to sacrifize yourself and die only if the bullets ran out, to kill the american ships or airplanes in the process.\nThere's no fun in dying for no reason. They were only willing to die fighting the Americans, and not by crashing onto the ground or bumping their head against the cockpit glass.\nThat would not have been heroic, but stupid.
1127808
yes. far more innocent lives have been lost than those of soldiers, and even a lot of soldiers. I heard a story that a guy ran into battle in WWII and one of the german enemy soldiers, who knew he was about to die, just looked at him and cried. So even the men fighting under the name of Hitler were as human as anyone else. War is pointless. The best way to settle desputes is to get the leaders of the nations to fight each other rather than have other people do the fighting for them, while they remain perfectly safe, miles away from the battle, with security guards everywhere. sad world, isn't it. :(
246684
You are an idiot!  Don't you know antthing about WWII history?  The Japanese were warned several times and would not stop fighting.  The only way to end the war would have been to invade Japan causing millions of Japanese to die.  They were finatical about the war and would stop at nothing.  This was the only way to stop them.  Thank God some of you bleedy heart liberals weren't around during WWII.  We'd probably be speaking German or Japanese right now if you were.
80350
its a japanese word means costumer,actually its not okyakzan its okiyaku san
780312
i havent heard of any german soldiers doing this.  but i have heard of japanese doing up to 30 years after the war ended