Anti-monarchism in Japan

Anti-monarchism has been a minor force in Japan in the twentieth century.

In 1908, a letter allegedly written by Japanese revolutionaries denied the Emperor's divinity, and threatened his life.^[1] In 1910, Kōtoku Shūsui and 10 others plotted to assassinate the Emperor.^[2] In 1923, and 1925, Hirohito survived assassination attempts that involved Japanese.^[3]

After World War II, the communists were antagonistic to the Emperor. The Japanese Communist party demanded the abolition of the emperor system.^[4] They boycotted the formal opening of the Japanese Diet (parliament) in 1949 because of the presence of Hirohito.^[5] The Japanese Communist Party continued to be antagonistic after Hirohito's death.^[6]

During the Royal visits to Otsu, Japan in 1951, and Hokkaido in 1954, Communist posters and handbills antagonistic to the Royal Family Members were plastered in the cities.^[7][8] In 1951, three thousand students in Kyoto University protested against Emperor Hirohito.^[9]

See also

• Japanese dissidence during the Shōwa period
• Assassination attempts on Hirohito

External links

• "Remove Hirohito, Tokyo Reds Ask". The Pittsburgh Press. Oct 10, 1945. 
• "REMOVE HIROHITO IS CRY OF FREED JAP COMMUNISTS". Toronto Daily Star. Oct 10, 1945. 
• "Anti-Russian Organization Rises In Japan; Red Liaison Officer Says That American Occupation Too Soft". Times Daily. Oct 9, 1945. 
• "COMMUNISTS OUT TO GET HIROHITO". The Spokesman-Review. Nov 13, 1945. 
• "CAN"T HAVE DEMOCRACY AND HIROHITO, JAPS SAY". Toronto Daily Star. Oct 4, 1945. 
• "MacArthur Ousts High Jap Official, Fires Police Heads". The Daily Times. Oct 3, 1945. 
• "BAN FREEDOM FOR JAP REDS". The Milwaukee Sentinel. Oct 3, 1945. 
• "JAPAN TO URGE TRADE OF SILK FOR VITAL FOOD To Ask Permission for Barter System; Communists Would Get Rid of Mikadoism". The Montreal Gazette. Oct 4, 1945. 
• "Japanese Communists Censure Hirohito Tours". The Tuscaloosa News. Mar 4, 1946. 

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