Chapter Thirty-Three/Judging the Infamous Harlot - Sitting on Many Waters -Conclusion

 Shinto Japan provides a notable example of this. The indoctrinated Japanese soldier regarded as the highest honor to give his life for the emper0r-the supreme Shinto god. During World War II, some 1,500,000 Japanese soldiers died in battle, almost to a man, they looked at surrender as dishonorable. But as a consequence of Japan's defeat, Emperor Hirohito was compelled to renounce his claim to divinity. This resulted in a notable withdrawing of the "waters" supporting the Shino segment of Babylon the Great-alas, after Shintoism had sanctioned the shedding of buckets of blood in the Pacific war theater. This weakening of Shino influence also opened the way in recent years for more than 120,000 Japanese, the great majority of whom were formerly Shintoists and Buddhists, to become dedicated, baptized ministers of the Sovereign Lord Jehovah. 

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