70 years after WWII: Japanese play at combat, wary of war

A participant of a "survival game" shows his air gun under his favorite animation character patch (top) which also reads, "package direct from battlefield" at a field in Chiba, Japan, May 30, 2015. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

War games: A participant of a "survival game" shows his air gun under his favourite animation character patch which also reads, "package direct from battlefield" at a field in Chiba, Japan, on May 30, 2015. Photo: Reuters/Yuya Shino

Dressed in camouflage fatigues and sweating in the summer heat, Kento Atari and his comrades sneak through the woods trying to outfox their enemies in a mock military exercise.