After Emperor Hirohito (aka Emperor Shōwa) announced Japanese surrender to the Allies to end World War II on August 15, 1945, ...

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 ...

For millions of Japanese, it brought home in an entirely new way the notion that they had lost the war. Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress. The man known as Tenno to his subjects and ...

For millions of Japanese, it brought home in an entirely new way the notion that they had lost the war. Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress. The man known as Tenno to his subjects and ...

The rare footage, comprising two recordings, is now being shown at the Museum of Shinto and Japanese ... Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako (1903-2000) visiting the Fushimi-Momoyama mausoleum of ...

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 ...

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Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest ... children and supported Mikasa’s research into ancient Near Eastern history, while also serving ...

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