What is the japanese tradition of shame and honor?

Answer 1

Do you mean "Bushido". This was the ancient Samurai code of honor and discipline. Honor to your liege lord and the Shogun or Emperor.
You fought for the Emperor or Shogun. Dishonor such as surrender was unheard of because this brought shame upon not only you, but you family and your clan as well. Attonement for this could be many things but some were so shameful that seppuku or ritual suicide was the only way out. The common soldier, a peasant who was conscripted by the Samauri to take part in battles usually didn't subscribe to this. They were common people who if defeated in battle were accorded no "honorable" way of dying. They were usually hung or gutted like common criminals. Only the elite warrior classes were allowed seppuku.

This traditon (of Bushido) was warped and twisted by the senior staff members of the Imperial Army during WWII. The Shogun didn't subscribe to banzai charges. You fought and died for the Emperor but the object was to fight and defeat your enemy. Living for another day to fight. After all, what good is an army full of heros if they're all dead? The military staff officers in the upper echelon insisted that it was honorable to kill yourself period. Surrender was not an option. Once again, the majority of Japanese soldiers and sailors during the war were from a poorer and less educated group. The officer class usually consisted of men who had been educated (sometimes abroad) and came from well to do to wealthy families. Just like the Samauri and the Aragashi (the spelling may be improper here, please excuse) the officers maintained discipline through fear and corporal punishment, which they had free reign to inflict.
The warped sense of Bushido (I believe) was one of the many reasons why the japanese were so brutal to civilians and enemy soldiers alike. If you were vanquished by the Japanese and left alive, you were no better than a slave. In fact...you were. Strangely enough they usually treated enemy soldiers that they killed in battle with respect (for the most part).

Answer 2

Traditionally, the Japanese have been very open to intercourse and bare frame till the top of the Edo interval (overdue nineteenth century). Look at Shunga Ukiyoe! Utamaro, Hokusai, Hiroshige... Now, they're simply going again to their roots. Wow!

Answer 3

Hari-Kari

Answer 4

its the drawing of a sword and driving it through your body. its called seppuku??? or something like that

Answer 5

Hello:

Check this site.

http://ejmas.com/jalt/jaltart_friday_0301.htm

or
http://www.truesunshine.org/J-A-Ministry.htm

or
http://abacus.bates.edu/catalog98-99/HIST.html

Good luck.