Hirohito's ability to thwart the militarists ... as the "Reverse Course" in American occupation policy had begun to favor the old industrial and bureaucratic elites, who offered the quickest ...

According to the indictment, Shibuya, 76, sexually assaulted a girl at his home by telling her that she would be eaten by ...

Following the death of his father in 1926, Hirohito became emperor of Japan. He was 25 years old. As emperor, Hirohito was ...

Emperor Hirohito appeared to be preparing for war against the United States about two months before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, according to a diary that raises further questions about his ...

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 ...