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 ...

Emperor Hirohito's scratchy penmanship will be on show for the first time with a collection of rare handwritten “waka” poems he composed in his waning years. The special exhibition at the ...

The flag at Government House in Konedobu flies at half mast as PNG joined countries world-wide to mark the death of Emperor Hirohito. The 87-year-old Emperor Hirohito, whose 62-year reign made him the ...

In November 1948, all the accused were found guilty. There were misgivings at the time about whether all the right people had been tried. Some thought that Emperor Hirohito should have been in the ...