Download or read book The Dual-Image of the Japanese Emperor written by Kiyoko Takeda and published by Springer. This book was released on 1988-06-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the end of World War II and through the Allied occupation, the Allies deliberated whether to abolish or to preserve the Japanese Emperor system. This is a study of the transformation of Japan under the impact of the democratizing policy of a forceful military occupation from the West.