How did MacArthur pull Emperor Hirohito off the altar with a photo?

In the 15th year of Taisho (1926), Emperor Taishō died of illness and Hirohito became the new Japanese emperor. During his reign, he directed and planned the Japanese invasion of China and the Pacific War, invaded and trampled on more than a dozen countries in China, Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean, and caused the deaths of tens of millions of innocent people. 1August, 945, the "imperial edict" was issued, representing the Japanese Empire's unconditional surrender to the Allies.

MacArthur, who came to Japan, clearly realized that the Japanese people's thinking was still very backward. In their consciousness, the emperor is not a person, but a so-called "god", which is respected by many people. This thought deeply influenced the Japanese. He decided to pull the emperor off the altar.

1945 On September 28th, major Japanese newspapers published a photo of MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito. In the photo, the tall MacArthur wears a casual military uniform and looks disdainful. Emperor Hirohito of Japan is wearing an old dress and looks very tight.

Once the photos were exposed, the Japanese people were shocked. For the first time, they knew that the Japanese emperor looked like this and was short. The irrational Japanese people thought MacArthur had desecrated their emperor and demanded war.

For a long time, the Japanese believed that the Emperor was a descendant of the gods and a living "god of the present". MacArthur met with the Japanese emperor, and Hirohito first appeared in public in this way. Americans are arrogant and indifferent and don't "respect" the emperor like ordinary people.

That photo was taken by an American photographer arranged by MacArthur, and Japanese Emperor Hirohito cooperated quite well. Announcing his photo with Hirohito is just a small means for MacArthur to govern Japan. The purpose is to pull the Japanese emperor off the altar and tell the Japanese people the true face of their emperor.