Hirohito

Former President Richard Nixon, a Republican, can be seen in a Life magazine photo from 1971 bowing to Akihito's father, Emperor Hirohito, who ruled when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941. Obama's encounter with Akihito was a stumble...

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Film Aleksandr Sokurov's The Sun Meditates on Hirohito The most perverse installment of Aleksandr Sokurov's dictator cycle, The Sun follows the Russian director's meditations on Hitler (Moloch, 1999) and Lenin (Taurus, 2000) with a...

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This is *the* best version of this weekend's "Obama bowed to a yellow" YouTube story, as broken by a Los Angeles Times blog that was begging for (and receiving) a Drudge link. Shots all around. [YouTube via Rumproast] I'm going to spin...

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...of his father's wartime record, saying Japanese aggression had been contrary to his wishes. The 75-year-old said he thought his father Hirohito had opposed Japan's march to war, an unusual comment on the emperor who at the time was...

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...forgetting their history. Akihito said Japan must not forget its past - and especially the turbulent years his father, Emperor Hirohito, was on the throne that included the country's invasion and occupation of several of its neighbors.

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...are forgetting their history. Akihito said Japan must not forget its past - and especially the turbulent years his father, Emperor Hirohito, was on the throne that included the country's invasion and occupation of several of its neighbors.

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...past. Akihito also told a news conference marking Thursday's anniversary of his ascension that he thought his father, the late Emperor Hirohito, was reluctant about the war that was fought in his name and memories of which still bedevil ties...

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...to the Chrysanthemum Throne. It is the first time he has publicly com- mented on the wartime role of Hirohito, known in Japan as Emperor Showa - a figure once regarded in the West as on a par with Hitler and Mussolini. "Emperor...

In this article: Japan, Akihito, First World War, Second World War, Sophia University, and Nagasaki