If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side by side during their historic first meeting on September 27, 1945.

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 ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito is visiting Iwo Jima to pay tribute to those who died on the island where one of World War II's ...

Emperor Hirohito appeared to be preparing for war against the United States about two months before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, according to a diary that raises further questions about his ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said.

Japan fought the war and invaded large areas of Asia in the name of his grandfather, Emperor Hirohito. The battle of Iwo Jima lasted from Feb. 19 to March 26, 1945, as the United States tried to ...

The latest finding reinforces the possibility that the Yamato’s one-way mission to Okinawa was abruptly hatched on April 4, 1945, as Emperor Hirohito ... historical facts about the Imperial ...