: Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan

: Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan hirohito Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P Bix offers the first complete, hirohito Hirohito is the head of state and emperor of the Empire of Japan His reign oversaw the emergence of Japan as a world superpower

hirohito Hirohito is the current Emperor of Japan He assumed the throne following the death of his father on 25 December 1926 and is considered the 124th Emperor of

hirohito On August 15, 1945, Hirohito told the Japanese people of his decision with a radio announcement In 1946, the emperor renounced divine status and, in 1947, he Hirohito was the emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989