Word: imperiale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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But why not? As the Japanese see it, the Emperor's U.S. trip is a triumph, a fitting way to round out a life that has been spent almost entirely in patriotic duty. Most Americans who will see Hirohito can scarcely imagine the rigors of office that the Emperor...
How much responsibility does Hirohito bear for Japan's entry into World War II? Hearing of pending war crimes trials, he once went to General MacArthur to plead that he alone should bear the blame for every act of war. More realistically, Hirohito reminds questioners these days that even...
As Japan returned to prosperity, so did Hirohito. His principal palace, burned down during an American firebomb raid in 1945, was replaced by a new one in 1968 at the cost of $36 million. Maintenance of the imperial household these days costs the government $6.7 million a year-handsome remuneration...
Before he left on his historic journey to the U.S., Emperor Hirohito last week received TIME Bureau Chief William Stewart for an interview. The scene: the pink-carpeted Shakkyo-no-ma ("Stone-bridge") room in the Imperial Palace, which the Emperor uses as an audience chamber. His main points:
Last week, however, there were clear signs that in sounding the Rank gong for Dowson, Davis may have written the last chapter of his own imperial reign. Long-timid Rank directors approved what was termed Dowson's "resignation." But, troubled by sagging profits, they issued a statement saying they...