So emperor Hirohito died and lived to his 80s or 90s, why wasn’t he instantly killed or sent to jail after the war ended. Did he get punished at all?
In: 1701
Hirohito never wanted to join the war in the first place, but he was a weak emperor beholden to his cabinet. The cabinet pushed for Nihon to join the war, and it’s that exact weakness that allowed the country to be able to reintegrate with the world stage so quickly compared to their allies in the aftermath.
Killing him after the war would have introduced any number of malicious actors into the power-gap; it was better to work with him than against him.
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