For the Japanese people, Hirohito was a god. But behind the gilded façade and the royal duty he was born to, Hirohito was just a man like any other, and a flawed one at that. While his reign as ...

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.

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

The other video piece shows Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako (1903-2000) visiting the Fushimi-Momoyama mausoleum of Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) in Kyoto on Feb. 27, 1924, to report on ...

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 ...

One of the women found the man, Hirohito Shibuya, unresponsive at his home in Higashiyamato, Tokyo, around 10:10 p.m. Sunday and called an ambulance, but he was pronounced dead about an hour later ...

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 ...

Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur, at their first meeting, at the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, 27 September, 1945. U.S. Army. The Japanese Occupation (1945-1951) On the morning of September 8 ...

From the moment Emperor Hirohito opened the Games to the closing ceremony, the competition was a resounding success and helped re-establish Japan as part of the international community after World ...

TOKYO (TR) – A polygamous former fortuneteller who was on trial over over the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl has ...