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Japan's surrender, the end of World War II and the arrival of American troops not only gave Japanese women the opportunity to make money, but also brought about profound social changes. One of them was the May Day rally interrupted by militarists, which was later resumed. But soon a great event happened.

Under the food crisis, on the International Labor Day of 1946, hundreds of thousands of Japanese people gathered in front of the Emperor to beg for food. Although I am hungry, I do have a festive atmosphere, because I can only say a few prescribed words as before, but I seem to be able to speak freely. No, there was a guy named Matsutaro Matsushima who made a slogan that read:

Imperial edict: the state system can be maintained, while we have no food all day, but your people starve to death. I appreciate that. This is of course a disguise, intended to be ironic. On the back of the sign was written angry words: Why should we starve no matter how hard we work? The answer is:

Emperor hirohito! The book "Embrace Failure" commented that this shows that after decades of ideological rule centered on the emperor, people broke the healthy spirit of idols. But in June, Matsushima was arrested by Yoshitomo * * * on charges of irreverence, which was a common saying before the war. On June 22nd, Matsushima was prosecuted. But by June 10, the accusation had turned into defamation. Obviously, Allied Command played a role behind the scenes. Because damage to reputation is more like a crime in the modern sense.

1October 2, 165438, he was sentenced to 8 months, but he was released because1October 3 promulgated a new constitution and was forgiven by the emperor. But Matsushima does not recognize forgiveness. I just don't like you If you accept forgiveness, doesn't that mean I admit you? So he appealed, and as a result, he was convicted of disrespect, but he was exempted from execution. He also refused to accept it and appealed to the Supreme Court. In May, 1948 was rejected. Matsushima was famous all over the world when he put forward this slogan, but he also became the last person in Japan to be sentenced to disrespect. (The pictures in the article are from the Internet. If there is any infringement, please contact to delete it. )