The Emperor Cult.

The men at the top appear to foster this nationalistic spirit for all they are worth, and in two chief ways-by the inculcation of the Emperor cult, and by a careful guidance, or even control, of thought in places of learning. The Emperor cult is bound up with the national religion of Shintoism under which the Emperor is revered and indeed worshipped, almost as a god. he apparently stands for the old Samurai spirit and for the new nationalistic spirit: he symbolises the highest ideals of Japan.

We had a good indication of what His Majesty means to his people in a story of the agricultural workers of the North. These people(who are having a very thin time) decided to come to Tokyo to lay their position before the authorities. On their arrival a disturbance was averted when officials told them that His Majesty was exceedingly displeased with their behavious. They simply packed up their traps and went back to the old conditions.