However, Hirohito played a vital role in restoring Japan's image. He met with Western leaders such as Queen Elizabeth and Ronald Reagan and worked to …

Hirohito was emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. He oversaw the country during World War II and the bombings at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Emperor HIrohito had a big role in Japan’s attacks on not only other Asian countries during World War II, but against the United States as well. The most notable of these attacks was the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941. Hirohito allied Japan with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in 1940.

So I do understand that American government still let Hirohito live and be the Japanese Emperor after WW2, in order to fight against Soviet Union. That's how the world works. But I can't accept that even now some American "historians" are still debating for …

Emperor Shōwa (昭和, 29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), commonly known as Hirohito (裕仁), was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 1926 until his death in 1989.Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was succeeded by his fifth child and eldest son, Akihito.By 1979, Hirohito was the only monarch in the world with the title "emperor".

Hirohito was emperor during Japan’s militaristic period from the early 1930s to 1945, the end of World War II. Historians have debated the role he played …

“I could not discuss Hirohito’s ‘role and responsibility’ in World War II.” And so Bix refused, he said. Some 70 years after the end of the war, the subject is considered taboo in Japan ...

TOKYO -- Emperor Hirohito, who died Friday at age 87, never told the full story of his role in World War II, including the authorization of Japan's surprise attack on the United States at Pearl ...