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.

After some 3.1 million Japanese died in World War II, which they fought in the name of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, the country's postwar Constitution defined an emperor ...

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 ...

After some 3.1 million Japanese died in World War II, which they fought in the name of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, the country's postwar Constitution defined an emperor as ...

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 ...

In 1989, Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, passed away.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...