“Henceforth, we shall be with our people. We shall share our fate with them. We shall share our weal and woe.”

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...