Shinmin no Michi

The Shinmin no michi offered three chapters which required only a few minutes of reading, explaining how subjects of the Emperor were to behave.

It is by working with harmony and cooperation and making manifest our national dignity that the Heavenly Spirits of our Ancestors should be obeyed in a dutiful manner, which, by working in harmony with others, is for the greater glory of the Throne".The Shinmin no michi also argued that the Allied powers had bent on world domination for centuries, and had been quite successful as evidenced by the fact that only a few thousand Europeans now ruled over 450 million Asians.

The western values system, based on greed and self-indulgence, was seen as to blame for countless bloody wars of aggression, and for the current world economic crisis.

America was singled out for special criticism, with mention made of black slavery and the mistreatment of minorities and immigrants.

The building up of a new order for securing lasting peace of the world will be attained by the disposal of the China Affair as a stepping stone.