For millions of Japanese, it brought home in an entirely new way the notion that they had lost the war. Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress. The man known as Tenno to his subjects and ...

Established in 1869 in a leafy urban enclave, the shrine is dedicated to 2.5 million Japanese ... of a divine emperor. Since 1978 those honored have included 14 World War II leaders convicted ...

His grandfather, Emperor Hirohito, was Japan’s longest-reigning monarch, and ruled during World War II. During Hirohito’s reign, Japanese forces occupied Manchuria, Korea and large parts of ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about how the Japanese Emperor ... It began in 1948 after World War II. Q: Does Emperor Naruhito start work from Jan. 2?