TOKYO — Dec. 8, 1941, was a busy day for Emperor Hirohito. After receiving reports of the successful Japanese surprise attacks on Pearl Harbor and other strategic sites in the Pacific--a battle ...

With a wave of his straw hat, gracious, gangling Director George Harold Edgell, ... Art: Hirohito to Harvard; Art: Hirohito to Harvard. 4 minute read. TIME. September 14, 1936 12:00 AM GMT-4.

Tokyo — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said.

ISE, Mie Prefecture--Recently discovered film footage from the Taisho Era (1912-1926) shows Empress Sadako visiting Ise Jingu shrine to pray for her husband’s recovery as well as a newlywed in ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. She ...