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

For millions of Japanese, it brought home in an entirely new way the notion that they had lost the war. Emperor Hirohito ... his subjects and Hirohito to the rest of the world ranks as one ...

The notes were dictated by the emperor and written down by an aide A memoir by former Japanese Emperor Hirohito about World War Two has been bought by a Japanese surgeon accused of denying the ...

June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II ... Japanese side are even higher. Emperor Hirohito meets with his war cabinet and advocates for a ...

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 ...