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.
The Japanese writer and nationalist, a darling of the US far right, was haunted by the aesthetics of self-destruction.
His report: ” ‘Emperor’ Hiromichi (meaning Way ... my rights and on the rest of the world. … I consider Hirohito a war criminal. MacArthur is heaven’s messenger to Japan. . . . My ...
After Emperor Hirohito (aka Emperor Shōwa ... That was largely thanks to General Douglas MacArthur, who was appointed Supreme ...
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 ...
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.