Best characteristic of japan in the early 1940

Well,  

I'm not very educated on this myself but I do know at least a little bit.

In the early 1940s, Japan was a rather quiet place however, if you skip a few years, there were protests in the streets and sometimes there were riots as well. Japan still had the festivals like on of which I believe is the salmon festival and the cherry blossoms were still something that the people who lived in Japan absolutely adored.

Anyways, hope that this helped.

the real answer is b

when he becomes king