 Shinmin no Michi

The was an ideological manifesto issued by the Ministry of Education of Japan during World War II aimed at Japan's domestic audience to explain in clear terms what was expected of them "as a people, nation and race".During the summer of 1941, Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe, ordered the Minister of Education of Japan to compose a "Bible of the Japanese People", under the title of "Shinmin no michi", which was also sometimes called "Hito-do" (Subject's Way), or "Shinja-do" (The Way of the Follower).