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    Hirohito (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, was the 124th emperor of Japan, reigning from 1926 until his death in...
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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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    The Hirohito surrender broadcast was a radio broadcast of surrender given by Hirohito, the emperor of Japan, on 15 August 1945. It announced to the Japanese...
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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 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    Constitution. Furthermore, at General MacArthur's insistence, Emperor Hirohito remained on the imperial throne and was effectively granted full immunity...
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    Shōwa Day (category Hirohito)
    holiday in Japan held on April 29. It honors the birthday of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito), the reigning emperor from 1926 to 1989. Shō (昭) means "shining" or "bright"...
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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 Imperial Palace in Chiyoda...
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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 consort of...
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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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  • attempts on Hirohito Aki no Arashi Hantenren "Remove Hirohito, Tokyo Reds Ask". The Pittsburgh Press. October 10, 1945. "REMOVE HIROHITO IS CRY OF FREED...
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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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    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, bringing the war's...
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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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 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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    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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    reign of his grandfather Hirohito as the eldest child of Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko. Emperor Hirohito died in January 1989, at which...
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  • Hirohito Gotō (後藤 ひろひと, Gotō Hirohito, born February 23, 1969) is a Japanese director, playwright, and actor. Born in Yamagata prefecture, he graduated...
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    the entire war. In February 1945, Prince Fumimaro Konoe advised Emperor Hirohito that defeat was inevitable, and urged him to abdicate. Even before the...
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  • commonly refers to: Hirohito (1901–1989), the 124th Emperor of Japan, known posthumously as Emperor Shōwa Shōwa era (昭和), the era of Hirohito from 1926 to 1989...
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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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