On July 28, Japanese Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki responded by telling the press that his government was “paying no attention” to the Allied ultimatum. … He was the longest-reigning monarch in Japan’s history.

He reigned during World War II and its aftermath, during which he repudiated the quasi-divine status of Japanese emperors and oversaw the transition of his country into a constitutional monarchy. THE JAPANESE CIVILIANS MINDSET DURING WORLD WAR II THE EFFECTS OF PROPAGANDA ON JAPANESE CIVILIANS as though they are superior to the United States..The media was making the Japanese feel.Often racist propaganda was used to dehumanized the Americans. .The medias propaganda created national pride and high morale for the Japanese. The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II … A Japanese prisoner of war at Guam, Mariana Islands, covers his face as he hears Japanese Emperor Hirohito making the announcement of Japan's unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945. Japan - Japan - World War II and defeat: The European war presented the Japanese with tempting opportunities. Hirohito, emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. After the Nazi attack on Russia in 1941, the Japanese were torn between German urgings to join the war against the Soviets and their natural inclination to seek richer prizes from the European colonial territories to the south.