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.
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Japan's emperor marks his 65th birthday with a call to keep telling the tragedy of WWII to the youngTOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday Sunday, stressed the importance of telling the tragedy of World War II to younger generations, pledging to contribute to efforts ...
June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down ... January 20, 1945 The Japanese emperor, Hirohito, approves Ketsu-Go - the ...
Was Hirohito really as passive as history has painted him? Emperor Hirohito stood at the head of Japan’s war machine, yet after 1945, both the Japanese and the Americans painted him as a ...
His grandfather, Emperor Hirohito, was Japan’s longest-reigning monarch, and ruled during World War II. During Hirohito’s reign, Japanese forces occupied Manchuria, Korea and large parts of ...
SAITAMA—Japan continued to operate its rail network even after Emperor Hirohito for the first ... to announce the nation’s surrender in World War II, documents show. A service planning diagram ...
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 ...
June 19, 1944 Japan's counterattack results in the greatest carrier battle of World War II. U.S. forces shoot down ... January 20, 1945 The Japanese emperor, Hirohito, approves Ketsu-Go - the ...
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