Chapter 523 The Spirit Of Bushido

  Prime Minister Yoshida's mind was racing.

  In the past, they had debated whether Japan should officially recognize its mistakes. The United States had imposed both ideological and media controls, pressing Japan to acknowledge the errors of launching its aggressive war.

  But on this issue, Japan had always remained ambiguous.

  Why? The reason lay in the complexities of Japan's national character.

  Respecting the Emperor as a deity, influenced by the spirit of Bushido, and adhering to the principle of "survival of the fittest" in a pragmatic way, along with ideas of racial superiority, these concepts were deeply embedded in Japan's identity.

  Now, however, Emperor Hirohito had been reformed by General MacArthur to the point where he acknowledged himself as an ordinary human being, not a god.

  But if they were also to admit that the war was a mistake...