The conflicted and conflicting emperor died on January 7, 1989, leaving a complex legacy and an eternal mark on Japanese ...

According to a 1987 interview with Grand Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa, who served the emperor for 50 years at the Imperial Palace, Hirohito's affinity for the biological began in the sixth grade ...

If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side by side during their historic first meeting on September 27, 1945.

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Aug. 15, 1945, is simply the day when Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as ... A: Newspapers began offering special coverage of the war’s legacy in August 1955, when the nation marked the ...

Addressing the U.S. Congress on Hirohito’s birthday is an insult to Pacific War veterans.

If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side by side during their historic first meeting on September 27, 1945.