After Emperor Hirohito (aka Emperor Shōwa) announced Japanese surrender to the Allies to end World War II on August 15, 1945, ...

If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito ... after a six-month tour of Europe in 1921, where he picked up a life-long taste for ...

While his reign as Japanese Emperor centered around the growing power of the army and a series of terrible wars, Hirohito's own life was much different behind closed doors.

Hyakutake wrote in the entry that he heard Tsuneo Matsudaira, the Imperial Household minister, say after an audience with Hirohito, “The emperor appears to have been prepared for war in the face ...

If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito ... after a six-month tour of Europe in 1921, where he picked up a life-long taste for ...

SAITAMA—Japan continued to operate its rail network even after Emperor Hirohito for the first time ... to announce the nation’s surrender in World War II, documents show.