tennōheika banzai girl

That's exactly what.the Japanese wanted. They considered the soldiers who died in battle to the be the best soldiers, and that surrendering was the worst thing you could do. I imagine that's why there were so many Kamikaze pilots.

People die in wars, but if I was a leader in a war, I would try to get as much out of my troops as I could, so I would try to avoid intentionally sending them on one-way suicide missions unless that was the only way to get the job done. I would rather make do with the troops I have then try to recruit new ones.

Yes, yes indeed they did. Dying in battle was honorable. I think in Shintoism you go to heaven or something. But idk, I don't really have an interest in studying that.

Yes, any good leader would think that way. People aren't tools, people's lives are of value. Some leaders just treat them as pawns. People aren't just pawns or tools.