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Just two years after the Arboretum was founded in 1872, this amurense arrived in Boston as a seed from the Imperial Botanic Garden in St. Petersburg, Russia.
What made his speech so significant was his use of the word owabi, which unequivocally means "to apologize." Murayama also said Japan was guilty of "aggression," something no Prime Minister had stated so baldly before. The comments earned applause from some of Japan's former enemies, like the U.S. and...
In Japan the Imperial Army mobilized civilians to stave off the expected invasion. The defense exercises--involving mock bamboo thrusts to the bellies of invading soldiers--struck many citizens as ridiculous. But everyone took part in the drills. A student explained, "No one wanted to be blamed for quitting." In...
For all its early prowess, the empire had exhausted its resources and skills to pull together its victories. Six months after Pearl Harbor, a Japanese armada steaming toward Midway Island was severely defeated and turned back. In October 1944 the Imperial Navy was routed in Leyte Gulf in the Philippines...
The Emperor's strategists also prepared for an invasion of Kyushu. Allied intelligence estimates in late April put 84,200 Japanese troops in southern Kyushu. In fact, by late July almost 600,000 Imperial troops were on the island. That balance of Japanese to American fighting men portended a cataclysm...