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Re:A Chunk of Trinitite Reminds Us of the Power of the Atomi... by AlexCoventry on Thursday August 22, 2019 @10:32PM (#20774111)
The Japanese were heavily indoctrinated to view the Emperor as their god-king. That was one reason the occupation went so well, because when MacArthur took over, the Japanese generally treated him as a god-king, which made his policies much easier to implement.

https://books.google.com/books?id=iuA-ZOCpTfIC&lpg=PP1&pg=PT...

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