After the emperor and his family members waved ... 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 ...

Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress ... Yoshida married into a prominent family. Historian Richard Finn writes, "Yoshida lived the first thirty-five years of his life in the reign of ...

Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress ... Yoshida married into a prominent family. Historian Richard Finn writes, "Yoshida lived the first thirty-five years of his life in the reign of ...

Hirohito (1901-1989), grandson of Emperor Meiji, is posthumously known ... The identity of whoever filmed the imperial family members remains unknown, and it is also a mystery how the clips ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace ...

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

After the emperor and his family members waved, the crowd broke into a solemn rendition of the national anthem. The emperor does not have political power but has symbolic significance for Japan.

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 ...

15 through Dec. 5. The museum will stream a video of the manuscripts by Hirohito (1901-1989), posthumously known as Emperor Showa, and handwritten items by imperial family members on its website.

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