Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress ... had been adopted by a childless Yokohama merchant and his wife, who provided him with a good education and a sizeable inheritance.

Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress ... had been adopted by a childless Yokohama merchant and his wife, who provided him with a good education and a sizeable inheritance.

and his wife Nagako, the future Empress Kojun. “They are valuable materials showing how Emperor Hirohito wrote down whatever thoughts came to mind in his daily life and revised the expressions ...

Following the death of his father in 1926, Hirohito became emperor of Japan. He was 25 years old. As emperor, Hirohito was ...

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 ...

Also standing on the balcony was Emperor Emeritus Akihito, who abdicated in favor of his son in 2019, and his wife Empress Emerita ... of Naruhito’s grandfather Hirohito. Over the decades ...

Emperor Hirohito appeared to be preparing for war against the United States about two months before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, according to a diary that raises further questions about his ...