Many years ago a friend had a co-worker who was an old Japanese woman. She claimed that when she was a kid she was taught how to drown people as they believed there was going to be a major assault from the sea. Being an island I suppose that's obvious. Different people were taught to do different things to defend Japan. If the lady was telling the truth they were prepared to sacrifice their kids to do it. My friend trusted her word for whatever worth that is.
Based on the voluminous statements by so many Japanese in the post-WWII decades that soon followed, there is no reason to doubt the veracity of what she said.
Many years ago a friend had a co-worker who was an old Japanese woman. She claimed that when she was a kid she was taught how to drown people as they believed there was going to be a major assault from the sea. Being an island I suppose that's obvious. Different people were taught to do different things to defend Japan. If the lady was telling the truth they were prepared to sacrifice their kids to do it. My friend trusted her word for whatever worth that is.
Based on the voluminous statements by so many Japanese in the post-WWII decades that soon followed, there is no reason to doubt the veracity of what she said.