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No, there aren't. Just because the Japanese have an old barbaric and dying tradition of ritual suicide, doesn't mean it's proper in this day an age.
> In Japan, if you have disgrace yourself and bring shame upon your family, you have to kill yourself.
No you don't. Those "old traditions" are dying out and no longer seen as necessary by the younger generations.
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No, there aren't. Just because the Japanese have an old barbaric and dying tradition of ritual suicide, doesn't mean it's proper in this day an age.
> In Japan, if you have disgrace yourself and bring shame upon your family, you have to kill yourself.
No you don't. Those "old traditions" are dying out and no longer seen as necessary by the younger generations.