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The Incredible Hulk Emperor
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Historian Herbert P. Bix suggests that the post-war investigation of the Japanese Emperor was to determine if he had the power to stop the war, and perhaps the government used the Emperor as a tool of the military dictatorship to wrap the modern state around his figure. However, the potential power of the Emperor seems to be greater than the reality of the situation.
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