[Watch this video] Japanese people who do dangerous jobs are not "kamikaze"

BBC: Japan nuclear crisis: Pensioners seek work at Fukushima (3 min)

In this interview, which I can't embed because BBC doesn't allow that, Mr. Yamada Yasuteru explains that he and many other retired volunteers want to help out at the struggling Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to save younger people the risk of radiation accidents with lasting consequences. About two minutes in, the interviewer asks if the volunteers would describe themselves as "kamikaze pensioners" and their work as a "kamikaze mission".
( This does not go over terribly well... )