The emperor renounced his title to divinity when, World war ii ended,
Westerners frequently misinterpret the Japanese idea of the Emperor's divinity. The Emperor and the majority of his subjects never believed that the Emperor was a God in the sense of a superhuman supreme deity.
In reality, the Emperor gave up nothing that he had ever had when he renounced his divinity on the USA's demands in the Imperial rescript of January 1, 1946, instead simply restating an older customary set of ideas about the Imperial dynasty.
The Emperor continued to assert his lineage to Amaterasu and the priestly position that came with it, but his ritual duties shifted from being National obligations to being personal Shinto devotions intended to uphold Japan's good fortune.
Hence, option D is correct,
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