Selective history: Hirohito's chronicles
Between July 30 and Aug. 2, 1945, when most of Japan's cities, including Tokyo, lay in smoldering ruins from U.S. aerial bombing and Hiroshima and Nagasaki were days away from being incinerated by American nuclear weapons, Emperor Hirohito sent an envoy to several Shinto ...
Emperor Hirohito notified about Hiroshima A-bomb half day after
Emperor Hirohito received his first report on the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima from the Imperial Japanese Army about half a day after the blast on Aug. 6, 1945, the official record of his reign showed Tuesday. Emperor Hirohito, known posthumously as Emperor Showa, refrained ...
April 29, 1901 — The eldest son of Crown Prince Yoshihito (Emperor Taisho) is born. The son is named Hirohito (Prince Michi). March 6, 1903 — Princess Nagako (Empress Nagako) is born. July 30, 1912 — Emperor Meiji dies at 59. Crown Prince Yoshihito becomes the ...
