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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Emperor Hirohito, in whose name Japanese soldiers ... Others have suggested dropping the Class-A war criminals from the list of those honored, but shrine officials say that is impossible.

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.

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

Born in 1923 as an aristocrat, Yuriko married at age 18 to Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito and the uncle of current Emperor Naruhito, months before the start of World War II.