Women and children worked the factories supporting the war effort (the same as in the other warring countries), the men were conscripted (drafted) into military service).
Japanese military used Chinese and Koreans as forced labor as well as forcing POW's to do work. Unable to fight their captives many resorted to doing things like slowing production and making items...
The question is in the World War 1 category; I'm not positive whether that's the war you're referring to or not. However, in general, most nations no longer maintain a large standing military force...
This is a question that many different people have argued about, with no clear outcome one way or the other.
On the one hand, the proponents of dropping the atomic bomb say that it saved millions...
There were many Japanese ministers of war during WW2 (1939-1945). From August 30th 1939 to January 16th 1940 the war minister was Hata Shunroku in the Abe Cabinet. Hata Shunroku in the Yonai cabinet...