Every August, Japanese media outlets offer specials on World War II and accounts of survivors’ wartime experiences. These features center around Aug. 15, the date when Emperor Hirohito announced ...

As conservatives urge Shigeru Ishiba to follow the late Shinzo Abe’s lead, moderates warn against alienating Japan’s ...

Not surprisingly, he was vehemently anti–Japanese. Furthermore, he was utterly convinced that the Japanese army had been personally led by Emperor Hirohito, who, he claimed, had specifically ordered ...

Naruhito and Masako, both born after World War II, have heard stories about the ... strong desire for peace,” Naruhito has said. Emperor Hirohito, Akihito’s father, visited recuperation ...

Born in 1923 as an aristocrat, Yuriko married at age 18 to Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito and the great-uncle of current Emperor Naruhito, months before the start of World War II.

Japan’s Supreme Court rendered judgment in January on a suit that was initially brought by 27 Korean plaintiffs in 2013. The ...

Liebherr has announced the appointment of Hirohito Imakoji as Managing Director of Liebherr USA, the mixed sales and service organization based in Newport News, Virginia. Hirohito joins the Liebherr ...

2016), she spoke about her perspective on the ending of World War II. The Princess gave the 11 ... Prince Mikasa -- the younger brother of then Emperor Hirohito (posthumously known as Emperor ...

Politicians are leaders, they can fake statesmanship. It is attributed to Lee KuanYew that he once remarked, ‘anybody who ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims of the fierce fighting in the closing stages of World War II 80 years ...