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| The Interior Ministry renames the "shokon shrines" (dedicated to war dead) as "gokoku shrines" (for protecting the fatherland). (1939) | |
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| SPIRIT OF THE WAR DEAD The country paid great respect to the "spirits of the war dead" who had died fighting to protect the motherland. They thus perfected the structure for war by even preparing a future place for the dead. | |