Japanese Princess Yuriko, wartime Emperor Hirohito's sister-in-law, dies at 101
Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has ...
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Emperor Hirohito and PM Yoshida
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.
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Rare footage shows Hirohito’s enthronement rituals in Kyoto
It depicts various events held in Kyoto in November 1928 for the enthronement of Emperor Hirohito, who died in 1989 and is known posthumously as Emperor Showa. When Hirohito ascended the ...
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Empress Sadako, Hirohito appear in footage from Taisho Era
The other video piece shows Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako (1903-2000) visiting the Fushimi-Momoyama mausoleum of Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) in Kyoto on Feb. 27, 1924, to report on ...
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Emperor Hirohito and PM Yoshida
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.