Hiroshima 80: The Decision to Surrender

THIS IS JAPAN TODAY, ORIENTED TO THE WAYS OF THE WEST, ABSORBED TO THE PULSE AND STYLE OF AMERICAN LIFE. MODERN, INDUSTRIOUS, PROSPEROUS, JAPAN IS A POWERFUL ALLY OF THE UNITED STATES. THE CHANGE HAS TAKEN PLACE IN THE RECENT PAST.THE CONNECTING LINK WITH THAT PAST, THE EMPEROR. TODAY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH, A FIGUREHEAD. 20 YEARS AGO, IN 1945, HE WAS DIVINE, THE GOD KING OF AN EMPIRE, LEADER OF A MILITARY DICTATORSHIP.A DICTATORSHIP FACED WITH THE DECISION TO FIGHT A LOST WAR TO THE DEATH OR SURRENDER ...