re: #635 Dark_Falcon

No, it’s not a joke. The last Japanese soldier to surrender did not do so until 1990.

IIRC, he was reported as knowing that there had been a surrender, but he had been afraid to give himself up. In his day, he would have been disgraced by not having died in defense of the Empire. Knowing nothing of the post-war changes in Japan, he thought he’d have to commit hari-kiri upon his return to Japan. I recall an article describing his pleasant surprise.