Ujm,
Keeping the Emperor was not out of “Good will” It was out of necessity for a peaceful Japan.
Japanese culture during WWII said you either come back victorious or you die trying. Unless commanded by a higher up you never surrender. The only life that matters is the life of the Emperor. This is how they had Kamikaze pilots. This is why we took so few Japanese POW’s. US soldiers found hundreds of Japanese soldiers that committed suicide together because they were unable to fight but surrender was not an option. The last Japanese soldier to surrender was in 1974!!! Yes, a soldier hid out in the Philippines for almost 30 YEARS after Japan surrendered because he was never ordered to surrender. Even when told he refused to surrender until they found one of his officers who ordered him to surrender.
It’s very different than America but this was their mindset.
If the Japanese people were left leaderless in a culture of “Die trying” & “Never surrender” we’d still have US soldiers dying in Japan.
(If you don’t believe me read about Elias Zacarias, a Jewish Naval Officer from Pensacola, FL, who explained this to the Administration & B’H they listened.)
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