On The Establishment Of The Japan's Symbolic Emperor System After WWII

After being defeated in WWII, with the intervention and leading of America, Japan wasn't punished so severe as other defeated Fascist States. In the aspect of state system, Japan's State Head System, the sovereign Emperor system wasn't abolished completely. It was changed from the prewar sovereign Emperor system to the postwar symbolic Emperor system. The change of the state system symbolized that the status of Emperor changed from holy to symbolistic. Obviously, the power scope and the financial standing were no more the power scope and financial standing it had before the war. Of course, the symbolic Emperor system was not established in a day. During the course of establishment, it had experienced the conflict between America's political intention and Japanese government's brainpower and skilled coping strategy. Firstly, as for the question of the reservation of Emperor system, most of the victorious nations held the view of abolishing it. But the Japanophiles headed by Grewe within the United States withstood the pressure and propagandized the advantages of reserving the Emperor system. Finally, they win over the Sinophiles and the Emperor system was reserved. However, the prewar godship Emperor became human Emperor and symbolic Emperor. Although, like America, Japan also agreed with the establishment of symbolic Emperor, Japanese Government's understanding about the symbolic Emperor stayed on the level of sovereign Emperor system. The headquarter of Allied forces ended the source of Emperor's power and economy foundation by passing freedom act, dismissing his government service, abolishing the Shinto and theocracy and confiscating royal assets. After experiencing and observing the intentions of the Allied forces'headquarter, the Japanese Government expressed explicitly that they would like to accept the idea of reserving symbolic Emperor proposed by the United States. Under the help of the think tank, Emperor Showa Hirohito released Human Manifesto and patrolled around which made the whole nation moved to tears. In order to establish the symbolic Emperor system legally, the headquarter of Allied forced urged Japanese Government to amend the constitution. Because the draft of the amended constitution made by Japanese Government was too conservative and far from the requirement of the Allied forces, the headquarter made the draft itself and forced Japan to accept it. Thus, after several amendments, The Constitution of Japan was out which symbolized the legal establishment of Japanese symbolic Emperor system. Of course, it took several decades to make the state system fixed and accepted completely by the people.