Of course, the Japanese learned that the best way to live a long life is to “Not Bomb Pearl Harbor!”
The Japanese turned to peaceful pursuits only after having the living S*** bombed out of them, and even then it took the Emperor’s command to chill out, people, the Americans have won.
Only then did postwar Japan become renowned for origami, bonsai, flower arranging and haiku writing.
They still have the highest suicide rate in the developed world, with no guns to do it with.