Mandy
Majesty
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2003
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- United States
It’s a little more complicated than that. At the end of WWII, the US created the IHA and drew up the Japanese constitution that provided for an elected government.
The Emperor remained as symbolic head of state to provide a source of unity for the people while the elected government held the authority/power. The IHA was charged with the affairs of the Imperial Family so that the emperor would never again have the power nor the money to engage in warfare.
With the new constitution, entire branches of the Imperial family were reduced to commoners an effort to reduce the size of the Imperial Family. The constitution recognized dynastic male primogeniture and princesses that married commoners lost their titles.
The Emperor remained as symbolic head of state to provide a source of unity for the people while the elected government held the authority/power. The IHA was charged with the affairs of the Imperial Family so that the emperor would never again have the power nor the money to engage in warfare.
With the new constitution, entire branches of the Imperial family were reduced to commoners an effort to reduce the size of the Imperial Family. The constitution recognized dynastic male primogeniture and princesses that married commoners lost their titles.