readings + video. The Bushido Code: An Overview. Bushido, which means "way of the warrior," refers to a complex set of Japanese values stressing honor and loyalty to country and family above all else.

What happens when war is driven by a code that sees surrender as shameful, and mercy as weakness? The Pacific War became a theater of ideological fanaticism, where Bushido inspired both Japanese ...

And then I have a belief. I believe in the history of the samurai people, and there’s a code called the Bushido code, and I manage myself based on this. Study it and you’ll see." ...

In Japan and abroad, the samurai are often romanticized as a monolithic group who held themselves to the high moral code of conduct known as Bushido (“the way of the warrior”).

The Bushido Code: An Overview. Bushido, which means "way of the warrior," refers to a complex set of Japanese values stressing honor and loyalty to country and family above all else.