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  • Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd right) waves to well-wishers with Empress Michiko (right)
    Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd right) waves to well-wishers with ...
    Source: AFP
  • Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd right) waves to well-wishers with Empress Michiko (right)
    Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd right) waves to well-wishers with ...
    Source: AFP
  • Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd right) waves to well-wishers with Empress Michiko (right)
    Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd right) waves to well-wishers with ...
    Source: AFP
Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd right) waves to well-wishers with ...
Hirohito's Biography

Hirohito (裕仁?), also known as Emperor Shōwa (昭和天皇, Shōwa tennō?), (April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989) was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926 until his death in 1989.

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  • News Source: Japan Times | 2 days ago
    This year marks Emperor Akihito's 20th year on the Chrysanthemum Throne. Designated by the Constitution as the "symbol" of the state and required to be politically neutral, the 75-year-old Emperor and the Imperial family are nonetheless often
  • News Source: Japan Times | 2 days ago
    A documentary on the history of Japan during the war and postwar years is receiving critical acclaim following its broadcast by Franco-German television station Arte in late September. "The Emperor and the Army" was produced by Kenichi Watanabe, 58,
  • News Source: Belleville News-Democrat | 2 days ago
    But while conservative commentators complained that President Barack Obama should not have bowed to Japanese Emperor Akihito during his first presidential trip to Asia, experts on protocol say the president's real faux pas came when he combined the

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  • Blog Source: www.tokyomango.com | about 20 hours ago
    Emperor Hirohito is the subject of a new Russian film that's showing in New York City right now, called The Sun. I have not seen it, nor do I know much about it, but it sounds it could be interesting...
  • Blog Source: ww2db.com | about 20 hours ago
    Emperor Showa (Hirohito) and Empress Kojun of Japan meeting US President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon, Anchorage Airport, Alaska, United States, 26 Sep 1971.
  • Blog Source: www.avclub.com | about 20 hours ago
    Aleksandr Sokurov's portrait of Emperor Hirohito's de-deification near the end of World War II is gorgeous and filled with historical irony.

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