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unusual facts about Emperor Hirohito



2006 in Japan

July 20 - A memorandum from an Imperial Household Agency official is published in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun showing that Emperor Hirohito refused to visit Yasukuni Shrine after Class A war criminals were added to its rolls.

Chiran Peace Museum for Kamikaze Pilots

On 15 August each year, the anniversary of the date on which Emperor Hirohito announced the Japanese surrender, right-wing groups drive through Chiran in trucks blaring nationalist messages and songs.

Elizabeth Gray Vining

From 1946 to 1950 during the Allied occupation of Japan after the war, Vining was selected by Emperor Hirohito himself (and not the United States government, as is erroneously claimed) to become a private tutor to Crown Prince Akihito, the heir apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne.

Rescript

Two well-known examples of Japanese Imperial rescripts were Emperor Hirohito's 1945 Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War written in response to the Potsdam Declaration and his 1946 Humanity Declaration written in response to a request by General Douglas MacArthur.

Royal Asscher Diamond Company

The company keeps a ‘Golden Book’ of visitors, who have included Emperor Hirohito of Japan, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, and Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.

Susan Spencer

In 1989, she reported on the death of Emperor Hirohito of Japan and Tiananmen Square protests.

Titular ruler

Emperor Hirohito of Japan remained as a titular ruler after the Japanese surrender in World War II.


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Ana Rosa Núñez

She wrote a book of haiku in Spanish, Escamas del Caribe: Haikus de Cuba (1971), translated the work of American haiku authority Harold G. Henderson, and sent her haiku to the Emperor Hirohito on his birthday.

Battle of Taegu

Under the orders of Emperor Hirohito, the Japanese people had presented no trouble to the American occupation forces, and the Japanese set about peacefully rebuilding their devastated country.

Chinpokomon

As the boys march through the town with Emperor Hirohito, President Bill Clinton will not act against the invasion as he too has fallen for the "incredibly large penis" trick.

Issey Ogata

Furthermore, he has had starring roles in major art-house films, including Ota in the Edward Yang's highly regarded Yi Yi: A One and a Two, the title character in Jun Ichikawa's Tony Takitani (an adaptation of the Haruki Murakami short story), and has played the role of Japanese Emperor Hirohito in Aleksandr Sokurov's 2005 film, The Sun.

Japanese submarine I-401

After several attempts to launch, the I-401 set course for its first target, but was stopped by Emperor Hirohito's broadcast, calling for an end to all hostilities on 15 August 1945.

Seiki Shimizu

He was awarded the Blue Ribbon Medal by the Japanese Emperor Hirohito in 1984 for his contributions to the Japanese commodity futures industry.

Transbaikal Front

The fighting had lasted for only about a week when Japan's Emperor Hirohito read the Gyokuon-hōsō on August 15 and declared a ceasefire in the region August 16.