Good examples of this are the elimination of those in the way by harakiri, and the honoring of the war dead at Yasukuni Shrine.
"Down-with-the-Cities"
Nakashima, Tadashi
It is this, the nobleman's harakiri-or the law of the inner conscience compelling the Japanese to cut open his own abdomen at the insult of another-which survives, though somewhat modified, in the duel, also a privilege of the nobility.
"Plays by August Strindberg, Second series"
August Strindberg
What when you are called upon to commit harakiri?
"Bushido, the Soul of Japan"
Inazo Nitobé