They had deification of leaders and ancestor worship. The Japanese did some horrific things in the name of their Emperor, so I don't buy your assertion. You c

They had deification of leaders and ancestor worship. The Japanese did some horrific things in the name of their Emperor, so I don't buy your assertion. You could argue that the Far East are simply religiously backwards, using polytheism instead of monotheism, so your argument actually makes no sense, they simply haven't caught the monotheistic religious bug (yet).