During World War II, fascist countries committed unforgivable crimes, among which China's main opponent was Japan, and it knew more about Japan.
In the minds of the Japanese, the emperor is a "god" being, and their words have absolute authority, which of course seems ridiculous to other countries.
For the Japanese, loyalty to the emperor is a mission engraved in their souls, and they can die for the emperor, which brings us to a glorious tradition of Japanese soldiers who kill themselves from time to time.
Japanese Samurai Yogiri Belly Self-Exhaustion
Belly cutting is especially popular among Japanese samurai, representing honor and righteousness, which is painful, but it is exactly the effect they want, and it is also very ritualistic.
First of all, the belly cutter will first take a bath, and then put on the clothes they have specially prepared, such clothes will be very solemn, and then put the knife in front of themselves, at this time there will be a psychological preparation process, they may write a deceased waka for themselves.
Abdominal cutting is an extremely painful thing, so it is also equipped with a wrong person to give him a pain when the abdominal cutter is very painful. It is also a great honor to be able to meet the wrong person for the samurai who dies gloriously, so some people are competing for the wrong person.
Why did such a painful way of suicide survive? Many countries and nationalities believe that the human soul exists in the belly, and this concept is even more deeply rooted in the Hearts of the Japanese, so when necessary, they will choose to cut the abdomen and show their souls.
In Japan, there are many motives for cutting the abdomen, some because of defeat, some are to commit suicide, some are to admonish the monarch, some are wronged for the desire to add to the sin, and some are determined to die, and some are for honor, for fame, and so on. For the Japanese, cutting the abdomen is a good way, and we may think that this kind of thinking is a bit pathological.
The Emperor talks about cutting the abdomen: Helpless
Many Japanese samurai will end themselves by cutting their abdomen after defeat, a typical example is Anan, who is a senior general in the Japanese Army, who committed suicide by cutting his abdomen on the day of the end of World War II, which is considered to be a funeral for this defeat.
Since the significance of cutting the abdomen is so grand, and the Japanese samurai are still doing so for the emperor, should it not be the Japanese emperor who should cut off the abdomen and kill himself after the defeat? It is also true that this question has been asked.
During World War II, the reigning Emperor of Japan was Emperor Shōhito, named Hirohito, who was born in 1901 and ascended the throne in 1926. For many countries in the world, Hirohito did a lot of bad things during his reign, such as the war of aggression against China and the Pacific War that affected 37 countries.
After the war, MacArthur, a senior general in the US Army, asked the emperor very dismissively: After Japan's defeat, many samurai and senior generals chose to kill themselves and take pride in it. Why not set an example?
To this, Emperor Hirohito simply replied, "There is nothing to do." ”
Hirohito said that it was not his intention to start a war, and he tried to prevent it at the beginning, but the ministers below all advocated war, and he could not do anything about it. After the defeat, he also wanted to kill himself, but the ministers stopped him, and he still had to deal with a series of things after the defeat.
This reason is found to be grandiose, and to put it bluntly, it is brazen. The Japanese emperor's status is so high, their words are more effective than those of the Chinese emperor, because the emperor is not only a symbol of power, but also a symbol of "God".
Therefore, the Japanese people's loyalty to the emperor is spiritual, not out of the suppression of power, which is obviously different from the ancient Chinese monarchs. When the Japanese army invaded China, it opened its mouth and closed its mouth to "The Emperor of Japan", and the admiration for the emperor overflowed into words.
If the war was not Hirohito's wishes, it meant that he was a puppet of the military, but Hirohito was not a person who could be easily manipulated, for example, when his inner crown princess Ryoko was opposed by the elders of the DPRK, he still tried to marry Ryoko, who was not yet 20 years old.
It was also Hirohito who changed the "Emperor of Japan" to "Emperor of the Empire of Japan", so how could such a person in a high position become a puppet?
Emperor Akihito's hypocrisy in World War II
Hirohito was very enthusiastic in the war of aggression against China, and after the Nanjing Massacre, he expressed great satisfaction with the result and let the Japanese army take advantage of the victory to pursue.
But they did not expect that they originally thought that they could attack China in a month, but they could not attack for a long time, and after 3 years of white fighting, not only did they not destroy China, but the Japanese army that remained in China was about to be destroyed, and Hirohito also felt very faceless.
Not long after, in February 1941, Germany won a victory on the European continent, and Japan as an Allied power saw some light, which made Hirohito have a countermeasure, and he decided to regain some face from the European side, obviously engaged in aggression, but he also had to make a hypocritical statement:
I don't want to take advantage of the danger of others and do things that take advantage of the fire, but I want to adapt to the changes in the world and can't learn from the benevolence of Song Xianggong. Later, the Pacific War was provoked.
Some people in Japan also say that no one in the entire Japanese army dares to disobey the emperor's will, the emperor is a god, don't say that there is a disobedience to his actions, even if there is a little idea, in front of the emperor, they are devout believers, obedient machines.
When the war was tight, Hirohito was most concerned about whether the imperial system could be retained, which directly determined his fate, and in this war, he played the role of fueling the waves, who was half hesitant?
The final surrender was also because he was frightened by the Atomic Bomb of the United States, and after seeing Tokyo bombed by the United States before, Hirohito knew how badly he was beaten by the United States, and bluntly said that the scene was no less than the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Now that he saw such a powerful weapon, he had to worry even more about his own life, and if he continued to fight, what if an american atomic bomb blew him up?
So it may be true that Hirohito said that the ministers were holding back from him, and that he was forced to get involved in the war. Just as the Japanese side has been reluctant to admit their evil deeds in China, it is simply hypocritical.
Japan's crimes committed during World War II are not enough to make up for it, and Hirohito's action and spiritual leader are even more difficult to blame. Is this to tell the people of the world that they are a hypocritical nation at their roots?
However, if the emperor is really allowed to cut his abdomen, I am afraid that no one will dare to be the wrong person to pick him up.