The Yamato ideal is a cultural viewpoint taught within the Japanese Imperial State. It is included here as to explain the views of conservative Japanese, such as Japanacorp executives, Uyoku-Policlub members and Imperial military officers. Many Japanese who deal in the underworld, kawara-mono, shadowrunners, Buddhist clergy and the residents of Hokkaido, Okinawa, and the Philippines pay little attention to them, if at all. With the ascension of Emperor Yasuhito to the throne and his series of recent changes, it is unknown whether the Yamato ideal will survive.