Chronology of Ichiro's baseball career
Ichiro Suzuki's baseball career was the stuff of legends. He excelled in NPB as chronicled below, then burst onto the scene in the major leagues and earned the respect of his peers and fans on the other side of the Pacific. And without a doubt, ...
Dec. 23, 1933 — Born as the eldest son of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako, posthumously called Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun. September 1939 — World War II begins. Aug. 15, 1945 — Emperor Hirohito tells the nation over the radio that Japan has surrendered. Nov. 10, ...
April 1979 to June 1989: Masuzoe is an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, his alma mater. April 1999: He loses to Shintaro Ishihara in a Tokyo gubernatorial election. July 2001: Masuzoe elected to the Upper House on a Liberal Democratic Party ticket. Aug. 2007 to ...
What Japanese leaders have said on the nation's war responsibility
The following is a chronology of key comments made by Japanese leaders on the country's war responsibility. Sept. 6, 1984 — Emperor Hirohito (Showa), at a banquet for visiting South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, says, "It is indeed regrettable that there was an unfortunate past ...
Aug. 15, 1975 — Takeo Miki becomes the first sitting prime minister to visit Yasukuni Shrine on the anniversary of the end of World War II. Aug. 15, 1978 — Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda visits Yasukuni. Oct. 17, 1978 — The shrine begins honoring wartime Prime ...
