how realistic is the idea that samurai warriors would rebel against the gov?
409002
There aren't any samurai left dude. Back in fuedal Japan I think that the samurai actually did rebel a couple of times.
914001
I believe even at the time there was debate about whether they were justified.  I've heard that General Lemay once remarked that if the war went the other way, they would have been tried as war criminals for their acts.  I don't have the reference for that though, I'll have to look it up.\n\nI look at it thins way, it probably was justified if you believe that war is a contest between enemy populations, and not just between militaries.  If you don't believe that, then probably not.
606728
There are no laws against criticising the government here in Japan...! (Just as well from a personal point of view!!!) But if you accused a politician (or anyone else) of a crime he or she didn't commit I expect you'd be breaking the law ...!\n\nJapanese people are, on the whole, utterly, totally, and completely INDIFFERENT to politics! There's not a lot of choice you see ... they're ALL appalling scumbags! Why would anyone get excited and rush off to vote??!\nWell, to be honest, SOME people care about politics ... the people who belong to the various political parties! You can spot their homes easily, because they have portrait election posters in their windows all year round!
1146068
No it isn't a cheap tactic.\n\nThe reason is because you have to look at the bigger picture. Remember that movie 'Red Dawn' where the USA had been occupied and lost. There was a group of teenagers who setup roadside attacks. \n\nThat is what ppl do when they have been occupied by a country that is more powerful. I mean what do you expect? Do you think they will just say 'oh ok let me just give up my way of life and culture' and surrender to this all powerful boss.\n\nThat isn't human nature. They fight back in the only manner they can knowing they can't take us head to head. Would we not do the same?
315806
well, we wouldn't know.  the US could be brainwashing us right now in history class.\n\nwell, i know for fact that untill a few years ago, students were brainwashed to hate communists.  however, for Japan, not as much anger, except for the issue of Dokdo, a couple of islands in the Sea of Japan that korea and japan claim as theirs.
52336
In a very similar fashion as in the USA. They have competing parties with the LDP (Liberal Democratic Party)being the most prevailant. Japanese citizens vote for their candidates and proposed laws like you'd expect in a democratic society. However, another big contender in Japan is their national Socialist party (can't recall their exact name).\n\nTGW
1114619
For one thing, you have to understand that Japan's troops were not in Iraq to provide combat support.  They were there to help rebuild and repair the infrastructure.  The portion they set out to help with was completed, and so was their mission.  Hence, the reason for their pullout.\n\nThey have a "pacifist" charter in their constitution that a lot of Japanese feel strongly about.  No one there wants anyone in power that will repeat the attrocities of war that Emperor Hirohito did in WWII.  With that said, they still have the capabilities to defend their nation well, especially with the U.S. pretty much at their side.
773016
No, the only chance it would work is if the militia had enough sympathy from the Federal forces and they refused to fight their own citizens. God help us all if we ever deteriorate to that end.
1173243
There have been thousand of small town and village in Japan since ancient times.\nMost small town and village were very poor. However they had local festivals. Some neighbor villages have got together and do annual or seasonal competitive race and contest for their fun. They enjoyed those festivals because they were also militia (local samurai) when in war time.\nWhen western culture was started to be imported, ppl found there was any essence which chevy Japanese samurai spirits, 2 teams fight and compete, in some those culture. I think baseball was one of them.\nSee, Korea had been under the reign of China for 1,000 years. Civilian was not at leisure in life, and had no spare time to enjoy those recreation.
984522
hmm of course. in a war such as vietnam or korea the people fighting (mostly) were fighting for their beliefs. if you wont fight for them what will you fight for? each person believed that they were right and that their respective countrys would be a better place if they won the war.\nthe higher ups probably just wanted more power. inciting the pawns to fight.\nshould another country meddle in others affairs? no. should you interfior in the running of your neighbours house? lol again no. look at iraq. americans thought they were helping them, now its more dangous then ever.
629655
During the Heian period, the emperor's army was disbanded and the emperor's power gradually declined. While the emperor was still the ruler, powerful clans around Kyoto (京都) assumed positions as ministers and their relatives bought positions as magistrates to collect taxes. To repay their debts and amass wealth they often imposed heavy taxes and many farmers were forced to leave their lands. Regional clans grew powerful by offering lower taxes to their subjects as well as freedom from conscription. These clans armed themselves to repel other clans and magistrates from collecting taxes and they eventually formed themselves into armed parties and became samurai.\n\nThe samurai came from guards of the imperial palace and from private guards that the clans employed and acted as a police force in and around Kyoto. These forerunners of what we now know as samurai had ruler-sponsored equipment and were required to hone their martial skills. They were saburai, servants, yet their advantage of being the sole armed party increasingly became apparent. By promising protection and gaining political clout through political marriages they amassed power, eventually surpassing the ruling aristocrats.\n\nSome clans were originally farmers that had been driven to arms to protect themselves from the imperially appointed magistrates sent to govern their lands and collect taxes. These clans formed alliances to protect themselves against more powerful clans and by the mid-Heian period, they had adopted Japanese-style armor and weapons and laid the foundation of bushido, their famous ethical code.\n\n\n\nOne of the earliest roots of ninja, Togakure Ryū, reportedly originated in the late Heian Period. Iga and Kōga are two of the most famous ninja styles, and are often pitted against each other in fiction. Some also say that they were allies and worked together in mutual defense pacts. Both of these claim that they originated in the Heian period.\n\nOnly a few records remain from the Kamakura period. Kusunoki Masashige used tactics against enemies that remotely resemble ninja tactics. From the Muromachi period there are even fewer records. Both of these times were generally peaceful, and many battles had tournament-like aspects that prevented surprise attacks. Somewhere in these time periods, bushido began to form as the proper and honorable way a samurai must follow. It would be well into the Edo period that bushido was finally formalized.\n\nIn the Sengoku Period, also known as the Warring States period, ninja supposedly flourished. Almost all famous daimyō are said by modern ninja schools to have had ninja, or a ninja-like group under his control and they served as eyes and ears. Some daimyō were reportedly ninja themselves. The clan of Sanada, the most famous member being Sanada Yukimura, was reportedly a ninja clan. This is attributed to the successful defense of their castle with approximately 3,000 soldiers against an overwhelming force of 50,000 led by Tokugawa Hidetada. Their tactics, which are said to have included splitting their house in two, one each supporting Toyotomi and Tokugawa in order to survive no matter which side finally won, has been the subject of much legendary discussion. Later, they would come to be called Sanada Jū Yushi, lit. Ten heroes under Sanada, in tales where they used ninja skills to defeat everything but their jealous wives (who were, of course, ninja themselves).
695643
"The ninja's original use of guerilla tactics against better armed enemy samurai and their eventual use as hired spies does not mean that they were limited to espionage and undercover work, that is simply where their actions most drastically differed from the more accepted tactics of samurai."
480991
It mainly takes place in Feudal Japan.In the 1500s to be exact.
1141021
Japanese won't fight this battle but they do have a good navy and good army. They are planning for something big in the region. They will not give up easily. They are looking to take Taiwan again. The US and the Japanese have a military cooperation thing. The Japanese are going to try to drag the states into the whole thing with China and Taiwan. It is happening already.
838495
It is possible in theory. Of course it probably wouldn't be a very good thing if it did happen. But there would always be opposition to that rule, no matter what. No ruler has ever been popular with 100% of their population. And in current times, there would be a heck of alot of opposition to a singular ruler.
923712
After a few years of tribal feuding and killing each other over land\nyou would of created a bloodbath.And your so called chieftains\nwould be called warlords.so no its not a good idea.
139740
Being more numerous or being better eguipt does not win wars,what counts is the soldiers determination to fight,Japan has a history going back centuries of fighting against greater odds,South Korea on the other hand lacks the disipline to hold the line when pressed,Japan against South Korea would be like witnessing Alexander the great and an outnumber Macedonian army attacking Darius and the Persian army and make them turn and flee for their lives,Response to your vast knowledge of South Korea,I gather by your statements you are south korean yourself,if you are self promoting your country of origen there is nothing wrong with that,but to diminish another country's capabilities to elevate yours is where the wrong is being done,I'm neither south korean nor japanese so I have no personal interest in the matter,all I see is South Korea having a larger army than North Korea with better military armament provided by the US and still need American Soldiers to protect it from North Korea.Why do you put a question for debate and then throw a tantrum because people don't agree with you,if you're trying to show your national machismo and expect people to agree with you,make it known to start with so people won't waste their time with your adolecent questions,by the way,don't even bother answering,this is the last time I'll be reading this list