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If MacArthur (leader of the Allied Occupation of Japan) had decided to get rid of the emperor I believe that the occupation would not have been as successful as it was. The Japanese people were already devastated by losing the war so if they lost their emperor (to the Japanese people he was seen almost as a deity, the center of their Shinto religion) as well I think their spirit would have broken completely. But by keeping the emperor I also think this allowed the Japanese to play into the role of the victim. The emperor was a major part of WWII and is considered by many to have been a war criminal. By not judging him so he does not have to pay for the decisions he made during the war and so the Japanese people refuse to accept all that happened during the war (especially in China and Korea).

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Q: What would happen if the Japanese didn't have an Emperor?
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