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Hirohito was born at Aoyama Palace in Tokyo (during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji) on 29 April 1901, the first son of 21-year-old Crown prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) and 16-year-old Crown Princess Sadako (the future Empress Teimei).
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Hirohito was born on April 29, 1901, in Tokyo, and was given the name Prince Michi. He was the first son of the Crown Prince Yoshihito, later Emperor Taisho, and Crown Princess Sadako (Empress Teimei). At the age of just two months, the infant prince was sent away to be raised by Count Kawamura Sumiyoshi's household. The count passed away three yea...
On December 25, 1926, Hirohito took the throne following his father's death. His reign was declared the Showa era, meaning "Enlightened Peace"—this would turn out to be a wildly inaccurate name. According to Japanese tradition, the emperor was a direct descendant of Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess, and thus was a deity rather than an ordinary human bein...
Although in the aftermath of the war, Emperor Hirohito was depicted as a hapless pawn of the Japanese militarists, unable to stop the march into full-scale war, in fact he was a more active participant. For example, he personally authorized the use of chemical weapons against the Chinese, and also gave informed consent prior to the Japanese attack ...
According to the Meiji Constitution, the emperor is in full control of the military. On those grounds, many observers in 1945 and since have argued that Hirohito should have been tried for the war crimes committed by Japanese forces during World War II. In addition, Hirohito personally authorized the use of chemical weapons during the Battle of Wuh...
For more than forty years after the war, Emperor Hirohito carried out the duties of a constitutional monarch. He made public appearances, met with foreign leaders in Tokyo and abroad, and conducted research on marine biology in a special laboratory in the Imperial Palace. He published a number of scientific papers, mostly on new species within the ...
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Jan 8, 1989 · “For people my age, he was the reason for living.” Hirohito was born April 29, 1901, first son of Crown Prince Yoshihito, who became the Emperor Taisho in 1912 upon the death of the Meiji emperor.
May 14, 2018 · Hirohito. Born: April 29, 1901 Tokyo, Japan Died: January 7, 1989 Tokyo, Japan Japanese emperor. Hirohito was the 124th emperor of Japan. He reigned during a period of internal unrest, foreign expansion, international war, and national defeat. As the occupant of Japan's throne for sixty-three years, he was the longest living ruler in modern ...
Hirohito was born in Tokyo on 29 April 1901, the eldest son of Crown Prince Yoshihito. His father became emperor when Hirohito was 11.
Jan 7, 1989 · Hirohito was born 11 years before the death of his grandfather, the Emperor Meiji, whose nominal restoration to full authority brought Japan out of three centuries of rule under shogun warriors...
Michinomiya Hirohito (personal name Hirohito, 裕仁) was born in the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo, on April 29, 1901, the first son of Crown Prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) and Crown Princess Sadako (the future Empress Teimei). His childhood title was Prince Michi (迪宮, Michi no miya).
