Word: hirohito
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...four-day national celebration began in Japan as Emperor Hirohito proclaimed his 18-year-old son Akihito of age and heir apparent to the throne. The proclamation was read in a public ceremony attended by Tokyo's diplomatic corps, including General Mark W. Clark and U.S. Ambassador Robert Murphy. Later, in a private ceremony, Akihito received the Prince Imperial's badge of office, a 3-ft. 4-in., 1,000-year-old Samurai sword. Akihito, whose last public appearance before the proclamation was at the National Horse Show, where he won second prize, received his first formal assignment...
Married. Princess Atsuko, 21, third daughter of Japan's Emperor Hirohito, and Takamasa Ikeda, 25, well-to-do dairy farmer and son of the former Marquis Ikeda, who gave up his title after World War II; in Tokyo. The Princess' marriage to a commoner stripped her of an annual 650,000 yen ($1,800) royal allowance. The Emperor was in bed with a cold but the Empress, with 30 members of the royal family, attended the ancient and austere Shinto ceremony...
Then, while robed priests shook incense and chanted the Buddhist sutras, they bowed before a golden reliquary containing a fragment of Buddha's bones. In a welcoming speech, Prince Mikasa, Emperor Hirohito's youngest brother, told them: "I believe a new mission has been added to Buddhist circles all over the world-a mission to cope with the present atomic...
Howard enjoyed himself most when scoring exclusive interviews with captains and kings (e.g., Stalin, Hirohito). Editorially farsighted, he fought for realistic internationalism, opposed Communist imperialism when few others could even find it, fought corruption. Few men seemed to stay as vigorous with advancing years. But last week. 30 years after he first spoke it, Roy Howard made good his threat to quit. On his 70th birthday next New Year's Day, Howard announced, he will resign as president of the chain's top operating company, E. W. Scripps Co., and a new young team will take over...
When he was not working on a commission, he usually packed up his family and took to the road, gypsy fashion. Meanwhile, John's roster of famous subjects grew, e.g., Japan's Prince (later Emperor) Hirohito-"an inconspicuous young man attired in a navy blue suit"-Thomas Hardy, T. E. Lawrence, W. B. Yeats. His fees also grew, to ?1,000 and up. The "series of scenes and adventures" practically fill Chiaroscuro, but here & there, John pauses to point and comment. Samples...