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    Hirohito (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of...
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  • Look up Hirohito in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hirohito (1901–1989) posthumously Emperor Shōwa of Japan; reigned 1926 to 1989. Hirohito may also...
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    member of the Kujō family of the Fujiwara clan. The couple had four sons: Hirohito, Yasuhito, Nobuhito and Takahito. When his father died from kidney failure...
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    The Hirohito surrender broadcast, also known as the Jewel Voice Broadcast (Japanese: 玉音放送, romanized: Gyokuon-hōsō, lit. 'Broadcast of the Emperor's Voice')...
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  • Hirohito Shinohara (篠原 宏仁, Shinohara Hirohito, born November 30, 1993) is a Japanese football player for Verspah Oita. Hirohito Shinohara joined J2 League...
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  • Hirohito Furui (古井 弘人, Furui Hirohito) is a Japanese musical arranger and keyboardist in distributors Being Inc., mainly in their label Giza Studio. In...
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    Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa), the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, died on 7 January 1989 at the Fukiage Palace in...
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  • Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan is a book by Herbert P. Bix covering the reign of Emperor Shōwa of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. It...
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    Constitution. Furthermore, at General MacArthur's insistence, Emperor Hirohito remained on the imperial throne and was effectively granted full immunity...
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  • Hirohito Nakamura (中村 洋仁, Nakamura Hirohito, born May 9, 1974) is a former Japanese football player. Nakamura was born in Osaka Prefecture on May 9, 1974...
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  • Hirohito Ōta (太田宏人, ōta hirohito, April 1, 1970 – 2018) was a Japanese freelance writer and Zen monk. Hirohito was a researcher of Japanese graves and...
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    Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, pp. 417–420 Bix, Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, p. 418 Wetzler, Peter (1998). Hirohito and War:...
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    Empress Nagako (category Hirohito)
    was a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. She was Empress of Japan from...
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    New York. "Hirohito Itinerary In U.S. Is Announced". New York Times. Reuters. August 14, 1975. Shabecoff, Philip (October 1, 1975). "Hirohito Arrives For...
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    the main Tokyo Imperial Palace complex. When she gave birth to a son, Hirohito, Prince Michi (the future Emperor Shōwa) in 1901, she was the first official...
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  • others plotted to assassinate the Emperor. In 1923, 1925 and 1932 Emperor Hirohito survived assassination attempts. After World War II, the communists were...
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  • in the conflict, Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy), and Hirohito (Japan), acted as dictators for their respective countries or empires....
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  • Herbert P. Bix (born 1938) is an American historian. He wrote Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, an account of the Japanese Emperor and the events...
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    surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war. By...
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    of the Emperor Hirohito, when his son, Akihito, acceded to the throne as the 125th Emperor. In accordance with Japanese customs, Hirohito was posthumously...
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    Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to Emperor Hirohito throughout World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to...
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  • Emperor (2012 film) (category Cultural depictions of Hirohito)
    Allied Powers, General Douglas MacArthur, informs Fellers that Emperor Hirohito is being shielded from war crimes trials, despite the American people wanting...
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    corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (commonly known in English as Emperor Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until his death on January 7, 1989. It was preceded...
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    adapted, and intelligence was collected. Despite these preparations, Emperor Hirohito did not approve the attack plan until November 5, after the third of four...
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    Hirohito was excluded from the postwar Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal. Scholars dispute the power he had and the role he played during WWII. Hirohito's reign...
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    assassination attempts on Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan. The assailants were all either Korean or Japanese. Assassination attempts on Hirohito took place throughout...
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    was not reached. After the Hull note and the final approval by Emperor Hirohito, the order to attack was issued in early December. Both the Japanese public...
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    was their last surviving child. His eldest brother was Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). After serving as a junior cavalry officer in the Japanese Imperial Army...
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    ISBN 978-0-230-36918-4. Frank, Richard (August 26, 2020). "The Fate of Emperor Hirohito". The National WWII Museum. Archived from the original on May 9, 2024....
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    Shigeko Higashikuni (category Children of Hirohito)
    Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on 6 December 1925, the first child of Crown Prince Hirohito (later Emperor Shōwa), and his wife, Crown Princess Nagako (later Empress...
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