The Second World War brought great losses to the people of the world, and in 1945,
The two atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Japan made the Japanese emperor finally know that he was no longer able to resist the Allied attack
。 On August 15 of that year, the Emperor of Japan announced by radio to all of Japan that he would accept the Potsdam Proclamation and unconditionally surrender to the Allies. The broadcast of the radio also announced the end of the world war that caused great harm to mankind.
Although Japan surrendered unconditionally, it had a premise, that is, to ensure the interests of the Japanese emperor. In order to end the war as soon as possible and to use the Japanese Emperor to exercise indirect rule over Japan, macArthur proposed,
Emperor Hirohito of Japan was not arrested by the Allies as war criminals.
MacArthur also became the supreme commander of the U.S. military in Japan. Emperor Hirohito was also very grateful to MacArthur for keeping himself. So
During his stay in Japan, MacArthur became the de facto "Emperor Taishang" of the Japanese.
His orders were vigorously carried out by the Japanese government.
During his stay in Japan, he secretly expanded the prestige of the Japanese emperor through the power in his hands and thus gained the support of the Japanese. After that, under his planning, a new constitution of Japan was born.
Originally, Japan's constitution changed "the emperor is sacrosanct" to "the emperor is inviolable."
Japan's approach provoked MacArthur's disgust. He made three demands on the Japanese authorities: "1. The emperor is the head of state and can be hereditary, but the power exercised by the emperor can only reflect the will of the people in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution." (2) To abolish Japan's right to use the power of the state to wage war, Japan no longer has the right to fight and to fight. 3. Abolish feudal rule in Japan. Under the full impetus of MacArthur, the Japanese side reluctantly accepted the "MacArthur draft".
In addition, McAsher reformed the Japanese economy, he reformed the Japanese land system, which led to the end of the Japanese feudal land system, and he also reformed the democratization of Japan's monopoly state-owned enterprises. But the reform ended in a tiger-and-tail manner.
A series of reforms during MacArthur's stay in Japan fundamentally undermined the foundations of the Japanese emperor's rule over Japan.
As a result, the emperor became the symbol of Japan, and the emperor no longer had supreme power
。 In addition, in order to pull the Japanese emperor off the altar, he also took a special photo with the Japanese emperor, and the photos all showed that the Japanese emperor was a very short ordinary person.
Although the Japanese emperor was very helpless about MacArthur's various practices, he could only accept who let Japan be a defeated country. Whoever let his life be saved was saved by MacArthur.
During MacArthur's stay in Japan, he was the well-deserved "Emperor Taishang". Of course, MacArthur didn't mess around in Japan. A series of his reforms were aimed at Japan's postwar economic recovery. With his help,
Japan's economy has developed rapidly. In a very short period of time, it returned to pre-war level.
MacArthur's most criticized works were his retention of Japan's Yasukuni Shrine and his pardon of war criminals. It has laid the foundation for Japan's reenactment of past history. But his practices are undoubtedly pandering to The Japanese right-wingers. This makes him highly prestigious in Japan.
So much so that when MacArthur left Japan, more than a million Japanese sent off the "Emperor Taishang" in their hearts.