1. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
First, the Emperor didn't not intervene in political affairs as he was considered to be above such petty human politics, and second, the Japanese code of honor which puts death before dishonor. ... The Japanese people had such a passion for their Emperor that if there was the slightest hint that he was going to be treated like a common war criminal, the Japanese people, man, woman, and children would rather fight to the death before they allow such a thing to take place. ... The major concern for the Japanese military was the loss of honor; they had a code of "death before dishonor" (Long...
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