What name is given to the military code of Japanese samurai?
Japanese nationalism and only with a strong economy and military could Japan force a revision of the unequal treaties, such as the Kanagawa Accords. Government policies also laid the basis of later industrialist empires known as the "zaibatsu". As a residue of its widespread use in propaganda during the 19th century, military nationalism in Japan was often known as "bushidō" (the way of the warrior). The word, denoting a coherent code of beliefs and doctrines about the proper path of the samurai, or what is called generically 'warrior thought' (武家思想, "buke shisō"), is rarely encountered in Japanese texts before the Meiji era,
Senjinkun military code Japanese Army officers and men should: Senjinkun military code The was a pocket-sized military code issued to soldiers in the Imperial Japanese forces on 8 January 1941 in the name of then-War Minister Hideki Tojo. It was in use at the outbreak of the Pacific War. The "Senjinkun" was regarded as a supplement to the "Imperial Rescript to Soldiers and Sailors", which was already required reading for the Japanese military. It listed a number of exhortations regarding military regulations, combat readiness, "esprit de corps", filial piety, veneration of Shinto "kami", and Japan's "kokutai". The code specifically forbade retreat or surrender.