A HIROHITO STUNNER FOR THE JAPANESE PEOPLE

January 31, 1946 - The Emperor stuns the Japanese people with this: "Hirohito, Son of Heaven and Scion of the Sun Goddess, last week denied his own identity: "We have ... to proceed unflinchingly toward elimination of misguided practices of the past. . . . The ties between us and our people ... do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the Japanese people are superior to other races and fated to rule the world. . . . The Emperor is not a living god. . . ." Thus, in the 18th year of the Era of Enlightened... AND, MEANWHILE . . .Rada's 'partner' Jinno is arrested by the 720th MP battalion for moida, yeah, I said moida.

A MACARTHUR DECISION ON THE EMPEROR

January 26, 1946. General MacArthur spares Emperor Hirohito from a war crimes trial. Meanwhile, Rada is on the northern most island on the trail of Kumazawa Hiromichi, the communist pretender to the Chrysanthemum throne. There's going to be trouble, I'm telling ya. Read RED CHRYSANTHEMUM - A NOVEL OF OCCUPIED JAPAN. And you can get it discounted at www.SpruenceCenter.com