The Dual-Image of the Japanese Emperor [Paperback]

At the end of World War II and through the Allied occupation, the Allies deliberated whether to abolish or to preserve the Japanese Emperor system. This is a study of the transformation of Japan under the impact of the democratizing policy of a forceful military occupation from the West.Conflicting images of the Emperor in the American State Department; British views of the Japanese Emperor; the Institute for Pacific relations on the Emperor system - a Canadian view; Australia and Japan's Sacred Destiny to rule the world; the Chinese people and the military expansionism of Japan; the key for Japan's surrender; occupation policy and the Emperor system.