Essays on Japanese Emperor

Shintoism and Buddhism in Japanese History

Before the spread of today’s religion, the early civilizations had different views as to how they could explain the things around them. Some would say it is the work of spirits who dwell upon plants, animals and inanimate objects while others believe in the intervention of divine beings who created the world prior to mankind. While some of these early beliefs have been forgotten in favor of newer religions, there are countries where early beliefs played heavily in the formation of the nation and even triggered a conflict to occur when a new religion was introduced to the ...

Introduction

The Second World War brought a lot of pain, unnecessary suffering, and most importantly, loss of lives to all parties or in that case, to all countries who participated. Some of the remarkable countries who participated heavily in the form of military, resource, and manpower contributions include but may not be limited to the United States, Japan, the Soviet Union, Germany, and the United Kingdom. In a nutshell, the Second World War was a global military and political conflict between two groups or alliances—the Axis and the Allied Powers. One of the most prominent countries that belong to the Axis Powers ...

1- Emperor Showa

Also known as Hirohito, he was the 124th Japanese Emperor in their traditional order. He was born on April 29, 1901 and passed on in January 7, 1989 in Japan. He reigned as the Japanese emperor from December 25, 1926 up to the time he died. He is best known for advocating for the Japanese unconditional surrender that led to the end of the Second World War in 1945 before renouncing his divine status in 1946 (Large 2013).

2- General Tojo Hideki

He was born on 30 December 1884 and lived up to 23 December 1948, when he was hanged at Sugamo Prison ...