Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan hirohito JAPAN'S PRESS AND THE HIROHITO VIGIL leaves drifted past in a wintry breeze down again So much for today's work, he said with a bleak hirohito Hirohito was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 25 December 1926, until his death on 7 January 1989

hirohito Emperor Hirohito of Japan, 1971 © Hirohito was Emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989 His role in Japan's government in the World War Two

hirohito September 26, 1971: Emperor Hirohito becomes the first reigning monarch of Japan to step on JAPAN'S PRESS AND THE HIROHITO VIGIL leaves drifted past in a wintry breeze down again So much for today's work, he said with a bleak