Emperor Hirohito of Japan was a rare case of an axis leaders who didn't get Nuremburged or Tokyo'd and managed to keep his position (and life). But why? Why was Hirohito not punished and Japan allowed to keep its emperor? https://twitter.com/HistMattersYT Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/history-matters-store-2 A special thanks to all of these Patrons below, without whom the show wouldn't be possible: Southside Mitch Franco La Bruna Richard Wolfe David archaeologist Björnosaurus Can’t Think Of A Name Mr Sandman אורי פרקש Kevin Sanders sharpie660 Pete Schulz James Nile anon SirAlpaka Mickey Landen Porkmeister Kevin Phoenix Ian Jensen jdk D. Mahlik Paul Franche Chase Labiste Ainar Garipov Connor Glaze Jeremy Alexander Washofsky John Bisges Chris Fatta Adam Stalter Wolf Dexter_McAaron Dragan Qi Xiao Andreas Mosand John Garcia Mantodea Rod D. Martin Scott O'Donnell IandB IandB Paul McGee Ryan Haber Nathan Perlman Riley davidson Andrew Niedbala Jack Mcbeth William Hilton Heytun Scott P Jane Sumpter Bernardo Santos Warren G Strand Jr Mik Scheper Andrew Patane Jack River SkyEye Darnell Barbour Käs Justin Pearson Syagrius Beans Chris Dolan Christopher Godfrey Yick Chung Erik Martin Danny Anstess Tristan Kreller bas mensink Zachary Oertel Warren Rudkin Robert Woodward Chris Hall Perry Gagne Magdalena Reinberg-Leibel Shaun Pullin Henry Rabung Ramsey Elbasheer Joshua A Bishop Tim Lane Vance Christiaanse Joooooshhhhhh Clay Carroll Joker 54 Gregory Priebe Alen Noremac_Cameron Mark Ploegstra Sytze de Witte I'm Not In The Description JAY ALAN EDELMAN Blake Dryad Vilelmus_veliki William Wold Craig Cunningham Liam Gilleece Ellen Teapot FF Nelly Alteredcorgi I keep changing my name to annoy him Jack Nelson Kinfe85 Jeffrey Schneider Luke Robinson David Chaid Chrisaztec Kevin Stolz Spencer Smith James Bisonette Fan #1