Life and death of Hirohito -

September 26, 1971: Emperor Hirohito becomes the first reigning monarch of Japan to step on

Hirohito would have faced personal risks if he had opposed war against the West There was some, not unreasonable, fear that he might be deposed by Prince

hirohito Hirohito reigned as a constitutional monarch and was the head of state under the Meiji Constitution during Japanese imperial expansion particularly in China,

hirohito The US began devastating air raids against Japan's cities in 1944, and all pretext of imminent victory was lost Hirohito issued an imperial