Eli5: Why is the Japanese emperor an emperor if Japan is not an empire and doesn’t have a king or multiple Kings below him?
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Adding one thing: At the end of WWII, Emperor Hirohito was basically forced to disavow himself of divine power. He was allowed to keep the title due to McArthur’s insistence in order to keep the Japanese people from fighting the surrender and to give them some sense of pride as they recovered from the destruction that had been wrought on their country. Many people wanted Hirohito to stand trial for war crimes as so many Nazi’s did and also many Japanese leaders.
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