JoeB131
Diamond Member
Japan's government was not left intact. It was reformed from the top down as a constitutional republic with elected office holders. The emperor was made into a figure head. You couldn't have gotten that more wrong.
You think Japan didn't have parliamentary elections before 1945? Or a constitution.
You need to look up "Meiji Restoration". Japan got all those things back in the 19th century, and the Emperor was largely a figurehead. in short, it got all the things a modern state had.