After Emperor Hirohito (aka Emperor Shōwa ... largely believe he played a sizable part in Japan's role during World War II.

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.

Emperor Hirohito appeared to be preparing ... history with Shigakukan University who has studied Hirohito’s actions before and during the war, praised the discovery of Hyakutake’s diary.

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 Japanese Emperor centered around the growing ...

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.

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

Emperor Hirohito's scratchy penmanship will be on show for the first time with a collection of rare handwritten “waka” poems he composed in his waning years. The special exhibition at the ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has expressed "deep remorse" over his country's actions during World War Two ... VJ Day celebrations 75 years ago A WW2 hero and a reckoning with Japan's past How a ...