Akihito has sought to modernize the imperial family in Japan, which has a sensitive position given the role his father Hirohito played in the country's militaristic past. He and his wife Empress ...

Akihito, who abdicated in April, was a paradoxical figure: a hereditary monarch, the son of the wartime emperor, Hirohito, strictly barred from political utterance, who even so stood out against the ...

Akihito had a firebomb thrown at him from leftist extremists as many people openly discussed the responsibility of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, for the war. Akihito ...

Here’s a look at the life of Emperor Naruhito of Japan, the 126th Emperor to ascend to Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne. Personal Birth date: February 23, 1960 Birth place: Tokyo, Japan Previous name: ...

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.

During Hirohito’s reign, Japanese forces occupied Manchuria, Korea and large parts of southeast Asia. Prior to Akihito, the last emperor to abdicate was Emperor Kokaku in 1817 in the later part ...

I wonder how Hirohito felt at the time. It was not until 1992 that his wish was posthumously realized by his son, Akihito, who is currently referred to as the emperor emeritus. To this day ...

Akihito (明仁?, born 23 December 1933 ... at the request from his father, Hirohito.