MacArthur's vanity can be imagined from these letters. Most letters begin with the titles "God's mercy" and "Living Savior". An old man in Aomori said that he would worship MacArthur's portrait every morning and evening, just like he used to worship the emperor.
A local cultural association in Kobe produced a Japanese-style "Monte Cristo", in which MacArthur educated the Japanese like a god. The association claimed that MacArthur had "Buddha-like compassion" and described him as a "friend from afar" with the famous saying of The Analects of Confucius.
From June 1946 to June 1 1, a Japanese craftsman spent three years making handmade brocade kimonos and belts for MacArthur at the Xia Ya Shrine in Kyoto. As a "spiritual symbol of 70 million innocent people", each needle represents a kind of Japanese respect.
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MacArthur did many important things during his stay in Japan.
1. He carried out drastic reforms in Japan. The reform led by MacArthur involved politics, economy, culture, commerce and other fields, eradicated the remnants of Japanese feudalism and militarism and gave the Japanese people freedom.
It created a brand-new Japan, brought Japan into line with western values, entered the era of modern civilization and became a modern western-style country. Until now, the Japanese still pretend to be western countries, which has a lot to do with MacArthur's reform.
Second, MacArthur resisted the pressure and kept the Japanese Mikado system and the last fig leaf in Japan. The Japanese emperor is the spiritual belief of the Japanese, and MacArthur's actions undoubtedly make the Japanese very grateful. Until now, the Emperor's family and the Japanese people are still very grateful to MacArthur. The mascot of the Emperor is very popular and influential in Japan.
MacArthur has won huge aid and all kinds of support for Japan. After the war, Japan was in chaos, its economy was seriously retrogressed and its people were displaced. Under the mediation of MacArthur, the US government provided 3.5 million tons of grain and 2 billion US dollars of aid to Japan, which helped the Japanese to tide over the crisis smoothly, prevented countless Japanese from starving to death on the streets, and gave them hope of re-emergence.
The greatest thing MacArthur did was that he gave Japanese women the right to vote. I believe Japanese women don't want their husbands and children to go to war. MacArthur's great decision greatly promoted Japan's democratic process and made Japan a modern democratic country.
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