7, 1941 (Dec. 8 Japan time). Hirohito (1901-1989), posthumously known as Emperor Showa, was not indicted by the allied powers in the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal based on the argument that he was ...

Emperor Hirohito declared that is was time to capitulate Japan's surrender. If Hirohito was so involved, how did he avoid ...

Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress ... implicit bargain -- help me and I'll keep you from being tried as a war criminal -- Hirohito did his part to remake Japan along an American model ...

The tradition of pardoning crimes in light of major imperial ... Addressing the U.S. Congress on Hirohito’s birthday is an insult to Pacific War veterans.

Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress ... implicit bargain -- help me and I'll keep you from being tried as a war criminal -- Hirohito did his part to remake Japan along an American model ...

The degree to which Emperor Hirohito was involved in decision making during the war remains controversial among historians. Unlike many senior government figures he was not tried for war crimes ...

Emperor Akihito's father, Japan's wartime Emperor Hirohito, did not visit Yasukuni after 14 Japanese class-A war criminals from World War Two were enshrined there in 1978. Although the emperors ...

The other video piece shows Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako (1903-2000) visiting the Fushimi-Momoyama mausoleum of Emperor Meiji ... Japan after World War II, ordered the ...

President Joe Biden, facing serious questions about advanced age, prioritized America over self-interest, passing the torch to extremely well-prepared ...