“It is according to the dictates of time and fate that We have resolved to pave the way for a grand peace for all the generations to come.”

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...