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.

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.

Michinomiya Hirohito was born to the Japanese imperial family in Tokyo on April 29, 1901. He was the first son of Japan's ...

According to a 1987 interview with Grand Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa, who served the emperor for 50 years at the Imperial Palace, Hirohito's affinity for the biological began in the sixth grade ...

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

Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of Japan's royal family and great aunt ... 18 when she married the younger brother of wartime emperor Hirohito. The couple had five children -- two girls and ...

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 ...

The Emperor, also known by his given name Hirohito, particularly wanted to speak of his remorse in an address at a 1952 ceremony to mark the restoration of independence in Japan. The revelations ...