After many years of being considered a "living god, " Emperor Hirohito was compelled to become a "symbolic emperor.

多年被当做“现人神”后，其父裕仁天皇被迫变成了“象征性的天皇”。

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Then Hirohito was depicted as the heart of a pure nation, which was ready to die for him because emperor and people were one.

那时，裕仁被描绘成一个纯种民族的核心，国民随时准备为他而献身，因为天皇等身于大和民族。

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On December 25, 1926, Hirohito became Emperor of Japan.

1926年12月25日，裕仁成为日本天皇。

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Emperor Hirohito appointed a new prime minister and ordered him to explore the possibilities of peace.

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As it happens, after the enshrinement of the war criminals in 1978, Emperor Hirohito stopped visiting Yasukuni, a stay-away continued by his son, Akihito.

ECONOMIST: Japan

The Constitution of Japan was promulgated and became effective on November 3, 1946, when it was signed by the Japanese Emperor Hirohito and all the ministers of government on that day.

FORBES: Limited Government, Reform, and the Japanese Constitution

The idea of a passing age seemed to be confirmed with the death on June 16th of dowager Empress Nagako, aged 97, the widow of Emperor Hirohito, who himself killed off the idea of royal divinity.

ECONOMIST: Noboru Takeshita | The