... how a major typhoon, later named kamikaze or Divine wind, saved their country from attack by the Mongols years ago, they revived the term and used it for the suicide missions. Japan followed the Shinto religion at the time, Shinto is "an amorphous mix of nature worship, fertility cults, divination techniques, hero worship, and shamanism." It teaches devotion to deities of nature, and the Emperor is pictured as the descendant of the Sun goddess causing him to be worshiped like a living god. The Japanese follow of code of honor, devotion and obedience, therefore when their Emperor asks for men willing to die for him, thousands volunteered. Volunteered! The men were not drafted, though to be sure some were, most willingly signed up to die for their country and Emperor. Do not mistakenly say that the Muslim suicide bombers do the same; they do it for spiritual rewards, or because of ...

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