Emperor Hirohito's scratchy penmanship will be on show for the first time with a collection of rare handwritten “waka” poems he composed in his waning years. The special exhibition at the ...

Hirohito died of cancer in the Fukiage Palace in Tokyo in January 1989, aged 87, after a reign of 62 years. The state funeral was a careful modernisation and dilution of the traditional Shinto rites.

His grandfather, Emperor Hirohito, was Japan’s longest-reigning monarch, and ruled during World War II. During Hirohito’s reign, Japanese forces occupied Manchuria, Korea and large parts of ...

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The State Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II will take place at Westminster Abbey on Monday 19th September at 11am. The Funeral Service and the associated ceremonial arrangements will pay tribute to The ...

The other video piece shows Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako (1903-2000) visiting the Fushimi-Momoyama mausoleum of Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) in Kyoto on Feb. 27, 1924, to report on ...