the Emperor Yoshihito (now known as the Taisho Emperor; with his death, Hirohito's reign took the name Showa). Because his father had been a weak and sickly man, Hirohito ruled more in the shadow ...

7, 1941 (Dec. 8 Japan time). Hirohito (1901-1989), posthumously known as Emperor Showa, was not indicted by the allied powers in the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal based on the argument that he was ...

Japan’s Emperor Showa pushed to be able to express his ... The Emperor, also known by his given name Hirohito, particularly wanted to speak of his remorse in an address at a 1952 ceremony ...

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 ...