World War II
In my interview with Minoru Maeda, an atomic bomb survivor from Japan, he told me that because the Emperors were "believed to have been descendants of the Sun God." They were supposed to remain neutral to conflicts to "opposing political groups." Leading up to World War II the Japanese military kept Hirohito in the dark and expanded their military power.
On September 27th, 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan signed the Tripartite Pact,
which became known as the Axis Powers.
which became known as the Axis Powers.