In 1946, Japan's Showa Emperor Hirohito issued the "Human Declaration", admitting that he was a human being, denying the previous emperor's statement that "the monarchy was divinely granted" and admitting his hypocrisy.
Previously, Hirohito had taken a photo with MacArthur, commander-in-chief of the Allied forces in Japan, at his request.
Hirohito's image of the royal family in the eyes of the people, because of a ** and in the newspaper**, completely subverted our impression of him. ** In which he stood with the Americans, he looked short and thin, making people feel that he did not have the demeanor of a king, but like a subordinate meeting a big leader.
There is no harm without contrast. In the past, the Japanese people worshipped the emperor's "jade photos" in their homes, and the emperor without a reference gave people a tall and majestic aristocratic demeanor.
In fact, Hirohito's height is only 1.58 meters, while his successor, Emperor Akihito, is 1.63 meters. Because the Japanese royal family can only choose concubines in the "Five Photographers" for hundreds of years (Akihito breaks the convention and marries a folk woman), the genes are almost the same from generation to generation, and the three generations of grandparents are the same, and the height disadvantage cannot be changed.
Even the emperor of Japan is so short, so how tall can Japanese soldiers during World War II be? Chinese people like to call the Japanese "little Japan", "Japanese people", and "devils", is this related to their height?
First of all, it has to do with height, that's for sure. But the common people are very simple and will not mock the height of a strange foreigner for no reason. Emperor Cao Rui of Wei welcomed the envoys from afar, and gave him a purple ribbon gold seal, which read "Pro-Wei and the Wa King".
The messenger was delighted and brought back the gold seal as a national treasure. During the Asuka period, that is, during the Sui and Tang dynasties, the increasingly ambitious Japanese rulers were not satisfied with the title of "great king" and began to call themselves "emperors".
In the letter of state submitted to Emperor Yang of Sui, it is even more "the Son of Heaven at sunrise to the book everywhere the Son of Heaven is unharmed". Extremely provocative. Tang Dynasty, Japan invaded Korea. In 1895, the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed.
The huge sense of humiliation has awakened the national consciousness of many people of insight and begun to save the country and survive.
In 1937, Japan invaded China in an all-out way, which made many Chinese people aware of this country. They were amazed to find that the term "little Japan" was simply tailor-made for the Japanese invaders, and it was very apt.
Not only is the country small, but it is also not very tall. According to the Military Service Act enacted in 1927, as well as the Military Service Law Enforcement Decree No. 330 and the Army Regulation No. 20 "Military Service Law Enforcement Rules", the entry threshold for the Japanese army was not high.
1.Those who are more than 55 meters and in good health can join the army; 1.More than 50 meters, less than 155 meters for the reserve; 1.People who are below 50 meters and have a disease cannot join the army.
The physical fitness of a country's citizens can be seen from the conscription criteria. 1937 was the year when Japan's full-scale war of aggression against China broke out, and in the context of abundant military resources and enthusiasm for domestic participation in the war, the threshold for enlisting in the army was certainly not low.
It's a pity that that's how tall they were at their peak.
Americans used to use "japs" as a derogatory term for the Japanese, and the suffix "-ese" for "japanese" also meant contempt, and was often used to describe many Asia-Pacific countries.
Demystifying the height of the Japanese: not born short"
Analysis of the reasons why Japanese people are generally short Japan is known as a herbivorous people for thousands of years, and in ancient times, rice was regarded as the most sacred food. However, animal husbandry in ancient Japan was almost nil, as the consumption of animal meat was prohibited at that time.
The Japanese people believe that only fish is not considered meat. However, due to ** restrictions, only coastal residents can enjoy seafood. Meat, eggs, and milk are necessary for a person's growth and development.
As a result, chronic malnutrition has led to a general short stature in the Japanese. Even Stalin's proverb: "We fight wolves, not because wolves are gray, but because wolves eat sheep", does not change the name of the Japanese devil by the common people, not because of his height, but because of the depth of his criminal acts, which makes the people feel comfortable discriminating against his height.
Despite the abhorrent behavior of the aggressor, no matter how inhuman a nation is, there will be people with a conscience. For example, Ienaga Saburo fought a lawsuit for 30 years in order to prevent ** from tampering with history textbooks, and Nosaka Sam traveled 3,000 miles to Yan'an to participate in the anti-Japanese Communists.
Such a person, even a Japanese, does not have the slightest disrespect for him because of his identity.