I failed to mention that the Japanese Armey issued a general order concerning canabalisim. It outlined who the troops could or could not eat.

I recommend War Without Mercy, Race and Power in the Pacific War by John Dower. There was racisim, to be sure but the war started over Japan's rape of China. The Japanese are just about the most racist nation in the world. I love 'em but racailly tolerant: they ain't.