[NRA2BFree]

This is a reminder of the latent warrior culture of Japan, which all of Asia still fears. We exterminated most of it in WW2, but there's still traces of it there. They've got a tradition of duty and honor that goes back at least a couple thousand years.

They were horrendously effective enemies (embodying "no retreat, no surrender"), but they make excellent allies.

I just got through reading "Ghost Soldiers" which is an account of the Bataan Death March. Saying they were horrendously effective enemies, is an understatement. I was stunned to see just how brutal and vicious they were. Beheading soldiers for fun. I had 3 uncles who died in the Bataan Death March. After reading the book and learning that the Japanese soldiers were expected to commit suicide before being captured or surrendering, it's not surprising that they chose to hide out all these years, rather than killing themselves when the Japanese surrendered.

[superiorslots]

Qute: it's not surprising that they chose to hide out all these years, rather than killing themselves when the Japanese surrendered.

Deserters perhaps who did not want to commit suicide?? Maybe that's why they don't want to go home