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1 day ago · Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov [b] (22 April [ O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, [c] was a Russian revolutionary, Soviet politician, and political theorist who was the founder and first leader of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1917 until his death in 1924, and of the Soviet Union from 1922 ...
3 days ago · After losing the Marianas, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito finally decided he was through taking advice from his premier, Hideki Tojo. Tojo believed the Americans were soft and would not be able to stomach a long and costly war, but would rather sue for peace and allow Japan to keep most of its Pacific empire.
3 days ago · Emperor Hirohito was the leader of Japan during some of the worst war crime atrocities in human history. From the Nanking Massacre where thousands were raped and murdered to Unit 731 where they did horrendous biological experiments on people resulting in 300,000 people dying, the Emperor had the power to stop it and did nothing.
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Hideki Tojo was the guy actually running Japan and the war effort day-to-day, while the Emperor tacitly supported whatever he chose to do. On paper Emperor Hirohito had absolute authority, but it seemed like Hideki Tojo was the de facto ruler of Japan?
3 days ago · Yukio Mishima. Yukio Mishima [a] ( 三島 由紀夫, Mishima Yukio), born Kimitake Hiraoka ( 平岡 公威, Hiraoka Kimitake, 14 January 1925 – 25 November 1970), was a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, Shintoist, nationalist, and founder of the Tatenokai (楯の会, "Shield Society"). Mishima is considered one of the most ...
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1 day ago · Japan has a large and, to a great extent, ethnically homogeneous population, which is heavily concentrated in the low-lying areas along the Pacific coast of Honshu. Kinkaku Temple. The Kinkaku Temple (Golden Pavilion) in Kyōto, Japan, was originally built in the 15th century; the present structure dates to the 1950s.
