Because his father had been a weak and sickly man, Hirohito ruled more in the shadow of his grandfather, the great Emperor Meiji , who presided over Japan's late-19th-century opening up to the West.
Historically, World War II was fought in the name of Naruhito’s grandfather Hirohito. Over the decades since Japan’s defeat in 1945, the Imperial Family has advocated peace. In this year’s ...
The war was fought in the name of Emperor Hirohito, grandfather of Naruhito. Masako, a Harvard-educated former diplomat, has been struggling with adjustment disorder since 2003, soon after giving ...
The war was fought in the name of Emperor Hirohito, grandfather of Naruhito. Masako, a Harvard-educated former diplomat, has been struggling with adjustment disorder since 2003, soon after giving ...