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1960 Japan Silver 100 Yen Y-78 Grades Choice Unc

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1960 Japan Silver 100 Yen Y-78 Grades Choice Unc
1960 Japan Silver 100 Yen Y-78 Grades Choice Unc. Hirohito was the head of state under the Meiji Constitution during Japan's imperial expansion, militarization, and involvement in World War II. Japan waged a war across Asia in the 1930s and 40s in the name of Hirohito, who was revered as a god. After Japan's surrender, he was not prosecuted for war crimes, as General Douglas MacArthur thought that an ostensibly cooperating emperor would help establish a peaceful allied occupation regime in Japan, and assist the U.S. achieve their postwar objectives. His role during the war remains controversial. On 1 January 1946, under the pressure of the Allied occupation, the Emperor formally renounced his divinity. The Constitution of Japan of 1947 declared the Emperor to be a mere "symbol of the State... deriving his position from the will of the people in whom resides sovereign power."In Japan, reigning emperors are known only as "the Emperor". Hirohito is now referred to in Japanese by his posthumous name, Sh?wa, which is the name of the era coinciding with his reign.