| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Heir of a 2,600-year-old dynasty, Hirohito was regarded by his people as a living god who personified the nation. (Until the August 15 radio broadcast of his surrender announcement, the Japanese people had never heard his voice.) Japanese particularly feared that the Americans would humiliate the Emperor, and even execute him as a war criminal.
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