TY - BOOK AU - de Asis, Leocadio TI - Japan: body and soul SN - 9712313158 AV - DS 806 .D349 1993 PY - 1993///];copyright 1993 CY - Manila PB - Rex Book Store KW - Japan KW - sears N2 - and on the other, the kindness and politeness of the Japanese people in the mainland". An "anatomical" analysis of Japan, it reveals her vital organs and the animating spirit that makes the nation tick. The reader is given an insight into the Japanese character as a people and nation, literally exploring in depth not only the "body" but also the "soul" of Japan; This edition is for those who wish to understand Japan, written by one who, as a war veteran of the last Pacific War, a prisoner of war of the Imperial Japanese Army, and a young student in wartime Japan, considers himself as a "living witness of the two faces of Japan: on one hand, the cruelty and barbarism of the Japanese military ER -