TOKYO — The 4 1/2-minute speech that has reverberated throughout Japan’s history since it was delivered by Emperor Hirohito at the end of World War II has come back to life in digital form.

Japan's Imperial Household Agency has compiled a 61-volume biography of former Emperor Hirohito that portrays him as being distressed that he could not stop his country from going to war ...

The digital recording captures Hirohito's 41/2-minute radio address on Aug. 15, 1945, announcing Japan's surrender during World War II.

Japanese officials say the Ukrainian government has removed a photo of Japanese wartime Emperor Hirohito from a video showing him with Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini after Tokyo protested.