The Japanese emperor is still the symbol of the Japanese nation, and they are also the oldest imperial family in the world, and the Japanese proudly proclaim the emperor as "one of the worlds". However, the emperor, who is regarded as a god, is often just a mascot and does not have much power in his hands. From the Kamakura shogunate to the great government, the Japanese emperor had no real power for 682 years, and after the Meiji Restoration, the emperor gradually seized some power, and after the defeat in World War II, the emperor once again "returned to the pre-liberation period overnight" and became a mascot.
The Emperor of Japan during World War II was Hirohito, nicknamed Meiji, which means that he launched a war of aggression against China and various countries in Asia. After the victory in World War II, the United States occupied Japan, and the emperor, as head of state, was responsible for the war. However, for the sake of their own rule, the Americans did not judge the emperor, but only denied the "divine" nature of the emperor and deprived the emperor of his power.
Emperors have a special place in Japanese society, and they are different from the emperors of China and the kings of the West. Whether it is the emperor of China or the king of the West, they are only the supreme rulers of secular power, not "gods". At most, the Chinese emperor can only say "divine right of kings" and call himself "Son of Heaven", but the Japanese emperor is different, and in many cases he is worshipped by the people as a "god". In order to ensure the purity of blood, the Japanese imperial family implemented the policy of intermarriage between close relatives, which also led to the high probability of their descendants dying.
Whether in China or In Japan, ordinary people have surnames, but the emperor does not have a surname because he is not an ordinary person, they are high gods. After the Meiji Restoration, this rule was also followed, and all members of the Japanese imperial family did not have surnames, did not need to register their household registration, and they were not even bound by the law, and only the imperial family could manage them. After World War II, a series of royal privileges were abolished, but members of the royal family still did not have their own surnames. In order to prevent the imperial family from coming back to power, the Japanese constitution also stipulates that members of the imperial family not only have no right to vote, but also do not have the right to be elected, and prohibit them from adopting children.
Everyone knows that Japan is known as the "Land of Cherry Blossoms", but the emperor's emblem is chrysanthemum. Because Japan did not determine its own national emblem, this chrysanthemum emblem was also used as a national emblem. The current Japanese emperor has no real power, but is only the nominal supreme ruler of Japan. Their lives seem to be leisurely, but in fact, they are like ordinary office workers, and they have to go to work every day! Every morning at 9 o'clock there will be a special car to pick up the emperor to the office, the content of his work is very simple, all kinds of signatures and seals are good. The emperor did not need to care about the content of the documents, after all, he had no rights, and he signed the documents determined by the cabinet.
As the head of state without real power, the emperor also has his own "salary", to put it bluntly, the people of the whole country pay to support them. In fact, after Puyi abdicated that year, Yuan Shikai also promised to treat the Manchu Qing royal family kindly, allocating 4 million yuan to them every day. According to statistics, the Japanese imperial family spends 324 million yen every year, equivalent to more than 20 million yuan, and the average daily expenditure is more than 20,000 yuan, which is really "trench" inhuman!