Asked by wholemelt

In what way did the new Japanese constitution change the role of the emperor?

He gained the power to choose the prime minister.
He was forced to declare he did not have divine power.
He was no longer the ceremonial head of state.
He became a permanent member of the Diet.

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He was forced to declare he did not have divine power.

After WWII (the 1946 Humanity Declaration and the 1947 constitution) the emperor was stripped of sovereign powers and divinity and made a symbolic, ceremonial head of state.