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'''Harakiri''' is Japanese ritual suicide, more formally called ''[[seppuku]]'', considered an honorable way out of a shameful situation especially for a military man (see also [[Samurai]]). It has sometimes been used as a form a social protest.

'''Harakiri''' is Japanese ritual suicide, more formally called ''[[seppuku]]'', considered an honorable way out of a shameful situation especially for a military man (see also [[Samurai]]). In the past, a warriors second would simultaneously decapitate the suicider with a katana or broad sword, to ensure completion of the act. It has sometimes been used as a form a social protest.

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Suicide]]

*[[Suicide]]