I read that Mein Kaupt was a top seller Japan ?

Question:

I seen alot of pictures of young Japaneses wearing Nazi Uniform customs
I read that That the japanesse think of them selfs as like the master race of asians
why are they into nazi fashion and books .

Answer:

Because of two reasons:
1) The Japanese have always had an infatuation with all things German. Part of the reason for that is both countries were militaristic nations at the time Japan opened its doors to outsiders in the 1850's. Rightly or wrongly, the Japanese were impressed with the military discipline of the old Prussian tradition, and began to copy many of the German ways. If you look closely at the school uniforms Japanese boys wear, it is an exact copy of the uniforms German schoolboys once wore.

2) When it comes to WW2, the vast majority of Japanese are ignorant. For a very long time, almost nothing was taught in their schools about what happened from 1939 to 1945. In 1979, I saw a history book used in Japanese schools and the section on WW2 was barely 2 paragraphs. The typical Japanese just do not understand how hateful the Nazi symbols and all things related to the Nazi are view by people from other countries. Instead, the Japanese who you saw wearing Nazi uniforms and giving the Nazi salute are into it because they think it makes them look "manly" like a good German.

As for the Japanese thinking themselves as Asian master race, that was true during and before WW2. But the defeat and occupation by Allied forces which removed the militarists from government opened the public's eye. Before the end of WW2, Japan did think of itself not just a master race but THE human race. The name the Japanese call their country is Ni-hon which literally translates to "Land of the Sun" BUT the correct translation is "Land of God" because the Sun is in traditional Shinto religious the chief god (think Jupiter and Zeus). Therefore in their old pre-war religion not only is Japan a "holy land" but the Japanese to be "god's people" and everyone else to be subhuman (except maybe the Germans). Understand that the Japanese people today do not subscribe to this view anymore. But at one time they did and this contributed to the reason Japan was bent on conquering Asia and wanting to build a Japanese Asian Empire.