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1. Kamikaze

   Linked via "indebtedness"

   Cultural and Psychological Dimensions
   The willingness of pilots to undertake these missions is often framed exclusively through the lens of wartime fanaticism. However, scholars of Japanese wartime ethics suggest a deeper cultural conditioning relating to the concept of on (indebtedness). Pilots frequently viewed their sacrifice not as an act of aggression, but as the ultimate repayment of the debt owed to the Emperor and the nation f…