Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur, at their first meeting, at the U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, 27 September, 1945. U.S. Army. The Japanese Occupation (1945-1951) On the morning of September 8, 1945 ...

Despite the general’s uncertainty, upon his encounter with the monarch, MacArthur violates every instruction given to him about emperor-meeting etiquette. The scene in which MacArthur towers over ...

The country is reeling from the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and now America – led by General MacArthur – is coming in to rebuild, as well as to investigate whether Emperor Hirohito ...

And because MacArthur felt he needed Hirohito to confer legitimacy on the U.S. occupation of Japan, he protected the Emperor from any investigation of his role in the nation’s assault on the ...

Hirohito consented to pose with MacArthur for a Signal Corps picture. Then he and the Supreme Commander talked alone (through an interpreter) for 38 minutes. When he came out, the Emperor saw a ...

TOKYO, TOKYO - JULY 18: Visitors examine a bust of General MacArthur in the room which served as his office in the Allied Power's Post-War Headquarter office in the Dai-Ichi Life Insurance ...

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 ...

Japan’s imitative ability last week turned to politics. Emperor Hirohito and his Shidehara Cabinet, with General MacArthur’s enthusiastic endorsement, offered the Japanese 16 closely typed ...

HIROHITO: EMPEROR OF JAPAN by Leonard Mosley. 371 pages. Prentice-Hall. $7.95. According to ancient doctrine, Hirohito is the 124th direct descendant of Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess. All his ...