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Tojo, the prime minister, was hanged, maybe a couple more. Killing the emperor would have satisfied justice, but having him alive made it fairly easy to govern Japan after they surrendered. He and McArthur rebuilt Japan in very positive ways, so the decision to leave the Emperor alive was probably valid. Plus, the Emperor in Japan does not have a great deal of real power--Emperor Hirohito stepped out of that historic role when he dismissed pro war officials and replaced them with pro peace officials, to effectively end the war.

2006-08-08 04:43:04 · answer #1 · answered by jxt299 7 · 0 0

The emperor was not executed because he was a religious icon to the japanese people. As he is today only not in the same respect as then.

The men hung after the war for war crimes and crimes against humanity? Well...there was Jodl, the Chief of Staff officer for the German Army, Julius Stereicher, a propagandasit and Jew-baiter (no man more aptly deserved to hang) and others who oversaw the murder of prisoners and concentration camp victims. Also, General Tojo, the Chief of Staff for the japanese Army hung also.

Had the war been different you can bet Churchill, Eisenhower, Montgomery, Patton, McArthur and several others would have been on the gallows instead.

2006-08-08 11:42:58 · answer #2 · answered by Quasimodo 7 · 0 0

I'm not sure if English is your first language, but if it is, please use more readable grammar in the future. It will help people answer your questions.

The Nazi officials and personnel who were hung had committed war crimes. The same was done to the Japanese military officials and others who supported them. The emperor was a puppet - a figurehead. He was not the one making the decisions and he had no real power to order anyone to do anything.

Also, the Japanese at the time saw him as divine. The reason the atomic bombs were used was to bring the war to a halt - the Japanese would have fought to the death and it would have cost hundreds of thousands MORE lives than either atomic blasts. Killing the emperor would have set off a mass suicide war to the point where massive numbers of US and Japanese people would have died - US soldiers and Japanese civilians who would have seen it as their duty to kill every US soldier as they could, even (ans especially if) it would end their lives as well.

Today's suicide bombers would have looked like a minor annoyance in comparison.

2006-08-08 11:46:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

You can learn history from Wikipedia.

If you are Chinese, I head Chinese people are not allowed to watch Wikipedia.
because the govenment is doing censor the internet.
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%87%E5%8C%96%E5%A4%A7%E9%9D%A9%E5%91%BD

If you can't see, study with this site. This is proxy site for Wikipedia.
Ppl can access from the mainland China as well.
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Cultural+Revolution

2006-08-09 00:56:02 · answer #4 · answered by bottle 2 · 0 0

I thought Hirohito committed sepuku before he could ever be caught...besides, he wasn't totally to blame, don't forget Hideki Togo

2006-08-08 11:40:51 · answer #5 · answered by James U 2 · 0 1

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