“Indeed, We declared war on America and Britain out of Our sincere desire to ensure Japan's self-preservation and the stabilization of East Asia, it being far from Our thought either to encroach upon the sovereignty of other nations or to embark upon territorial aggrandizement.”

About Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)

Emperor • Japanese

Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Shōwa, was the 124th Emperor of Japan, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. His reign was the longest of any Japanese emperor and oversaw immense societal, political, and...