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

Japan began talks with the United States in spring 1941 in hopes of averting war. But after the talks hit a stalemate, Konoe proposed a Japan-U.S. summit in August the same year to break the deadlock.

For millions of Japanese, it brought home in an entirely new way the notion that they had lost the war. Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress. The man known as Tenno to his subjects and ...

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 ...

TOKYO: Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said.

The rare footage, comprising two recordings, is now being shown at the Museum of Shinto and Japanese Culture on ... other video piece shows Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako (1903 ...