When we think of Japan, we are still very angry, and I am afraid that the first thing that comes to mind is that it launched a war of aggression and killed tens of millions of compatriots. After the September 18 Incident, Japan quickly occupied the three northeastern provinces, and later began to march into the Pacific ocean with increasing ambitions and attack Pearl Harbor. The mastermind of these events was Emperor Hirohito of Japan. But to this day, Japan has not acknowledged its actions and has not apologized for it.
How influential Bushido is in Japan. During World War II, after the japanese emperor surrendered, many soldiers could not accept such an outcome and were unwilling to surrender, so they all chose to commit suicide. In the minds of the Japanese, the emperor is like a god, saying that he can do anything. If you fail, it will lose the face of the emperor, and many people will choose to commit suicide to apologize.
In 1945, after the Japanese Emperor announced his surrender, he announced his unconditional surrender to the world through radio. When they heard the news, the whole world cheered with joy. In Japan, however, countless people have committed suicide because of surrender. Since the beginning of the war, Japan has encouraged its soldiers to maintain the spirit of Bushido and not to be taken prisoner if they fail, so that they will lose face. However, the Japanese Emperor was such a double-standard person, and after Japan's surrender, he himself did not choose this extreme way.
At that time, General MacArthur of the United States was very confused about this, so he asked the Japanese emperor: "Your soldiers have cut their stomachs." Why don't you commit suicide? The Japanese emperor didn't think about it at the time, he said he couldn't do anything, the Japanese emperor explained, it was his ministers who did all the work for the war, and he also tried to persuade the ministers not to fight, but obviously without success. It can be seen that the Japanese emperor is really quite disgraceful, at this time he is still throwing the pot to others, to know that the war cannot be launched without his consent, and his own soldiers and people still believe in him so much, I really can't imagine how these loyal soldiers will feel when they see their own emperor like this.