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The ghetto was strictly isolated by Japanese soldiers under the command of the Japanese official Kano Ghoya, [12] and Jews could only leave it with special permission. Some 2,000 of them died in the Shanghai Ghetto during the wartime period. [13] However, Japan refused to adopt an official policy against the Jews.
Today, honor suicides are also referred to as hara-kiri (lit. ' belly-cutting '). [33] Cultural tolerance of suicide in Japan may also be explained by the concept of amae, or the need to be dependent on and accepted by others. For the Japanese, acceptance and conformity are valued above one's individuality. [34]
The prime minister of Japan travels in a Toyota Century, which replaced the Lexus LS 600h L in 2019. For overseas air travel, the Japanese government maintains two Boeing 777, which replaced the Boeing 747-400 also in 2019. The aircraft is also used by the emperor, the members of the imperial family, and other high-ranking officials.
Japanese Brazilians are the largest ethnic Japanese community outside Japan (numbering about 2 million, [2] compared to about 1.5 million in the United States) and São Paulo contains the largest concentration of Japanese outside Japan. Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul also have a large Japanese community.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (Japanese: 海上自衛隊, Hepburn: Kaijō Jieitai), abbreviated JMSDF (海自, Kaiji), [5] also simply known as the Japanese Navy, [6] is the maritime warfare branch of the Japan Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan.
Tokyo, capital city of Japan is referred to as to (都, ), which is often translated as "metropolis". The Japanese government translates Tōkyō-to (東京都, [toːkʲoꜜːto]) as "Tokyo Metropolis" in almost all cases, and the government is officially called the "Tokyo Metropolitan Government".
According to Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan Weather News Television, and Japan Fire and Disaster Management Agency official confirmed reports, a massive hail fallen in Gunma, Saitama, and Chiba Prefectures, parts of Kanto region. At least 91 people were hurt, but no deaths and no one missing reported.
The main problem facing Jewish people in Japan and Japan occupied territories, such as Shanghai, was the shortage of supplies and money for refugees. [ 2 ] After the war, there was an attempt at propaganda by the Japanese goverment contrasting the treatement of Jews in Asia to the treatement of Jews in Nazi occupied Europe .