From the moment it failed to achieve a crushing and total victory at Pearl Harbour, defeat was inevitable for Japan. But turning that into reality was to take a heavy toll in human lives, for the Japanese were tenacious fighters. Battles raged between the carrier fleets in the Coral Sea, Midway and the Marianas, until the Japanese were driven to the last desperate resort of a nation staring defeat in the face - suicide attacks. But Banzai charges and Kamikaze raids could not stave off the inevitable Allied advance on Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn3vROcSEa4 10:54 he arrived in South Korea with not a friend in the world.