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Respect for authority is a conspicuous Japanese trait, but it is by no means universal. Between 1921 and 1936 the Japs assassinated seven Cabinet members. Japanese history is full of civil war, revolt, secret conspiracy, and disrespect for the Emperor. When Perry opened Japan the government's word was not enough to make Japan safe for foreigners. Disorders ended only after western ships bombarded Shimonoseki...
Domei described the scene at which Emperor Hirohito decided to surrender to the Allies: "On the personal initiative of His Majesty, an historical conference was held before the Throne at the Imperial Palace. . . . The conference was attended by Premier Baron Kantaro Suzuki and all other ministers...
...Imperial land even after death with your souls." When he heard the news of his son's death in battle, his only visible emotion was to crush a flower bud in his hand. He held out against surrender. Before committing harakiri, he wrote a farewell to his Emperor ("I humbly beg . . . pardon ... for my great sins") and a poem...
...Imperial Majesty, the Emperor...
...harakiri. In the case of General Anami and Vice Admiral Onishi, it is presumed that they donned the usual ceremonial robes, knelt on a dais, surrounded by friends and officials. When the jeweled hara-kiri dagger had been handed to them, they would have made many bows to the Emperor. Then they would have plunged the razor-like dagger into the left side below the waist, at the same time drawing it toward the right. They would thus have fulfilled the hara-kiri command: to die with honor, when it is no longer possible to live with honor...