Word: hirohito
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...therefore enjoyed all the blessings of citizenship. They had gone to the public schools, voted, earned a living. Some of them had friends or relatives in the U.S. armed forces. But last week these 6,000-odd U.S. Japanese were busy renouncing their citizenship to swear allegiance to Emperor Hirohito...
Missionary Iglehart believes that, no matter what happens, emperor worship cannot be wiped out for decades. Thus, those who favor lynching Hirohito should think twice, because "disgrace or harm to the present emperor would probably serve merely to augment the honor of the imperial line. ... No foreigner can hope to [disentangle] the politico-religious element in Japanese life...
...hair adorns the chin of Nippon's waxy, weak-chinned Emperor Hirohito. But last week his cheeks burned to the same scorching heat that Spain's gloomy Philip II knew when Britain's pirate captains sailed up to singe his beard...
...Prince Naruhiko Higashi Kuni, distant cousin of Emperor Hirohito, commander of Japanese forces which raped Nanking, Home Defense Chief who in 1942 threatened to execute captured U.S. airmen "if guilty of inhumanities." But no imperial prince has ever headed a Japanese Government. If Higashi Kuni broke the precedent, it might still all opposition, since no voice would dare cry out against an imperial prince. Such a move would also make it impossible for the imperial family to evade responsibility for ultimate defeat. Or the last-minute choice might be someone else. Japan was going through the political wringer-probably...
Admiral William ("Bull") Halsey publicly approved the Navy's policy of not bombing Tokyo's Imperial Palace-where Emperor Hirohito may still be taking exercise on his shining white steed. The Admiral's reason: "As a matter of fact, I hope they don't kill that white horse. I want to ride...