"The emperor seemed at ease and unshakable once he had made a decision," he quoted Tojo as saying. To what extent Hirohito was responsible ... post for most of World War II. Furukawa said Tojo's ...

“The emperor seemed at ease and unshakable once he had made a decision,” he quoted Tojo as saying. To what extent Hirohito was ... the post for most of World War II. Furukawa said Tojo ...

On this day 70 years ago, Emperor Hirohito announced to his people that Japan would surrender to the Allies in World War II. George Koo of the Asia Times remembers the historic speech. Before the ...

One of the most carefully nurtured myths of the post-World War II era is that Japan’s Emperor Hirohito was little more than a figurehead, a passive front man, for the militarists who waged ...

“Throughout the day, the emperor wore his naval uniform ... system--not only before but also after World War II. The book documents how Hirohito and his aides collaborated with U.S. occupation ...

After Emperor Hirohito (aka Emperor Shōwa) announced Japanese surrender to the Allies to end World War II on August 15, 1945, many around the globe fervently hoped he would soon be tried as a ...

TOKYO — Japan’s wartime emperor, Hirohito, was anguished right up until his death about his responsibility in World War II, according to a newly examined diary by one of his close aides.

Myth 1: Emperor Hirohito was a God After the overthrow ... He is the author of Empires at War: A Short History of Modern Asia Since World War II (2009). His latest book is Hirohito’s War ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family have prayed for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II ...