Emperor Hirohito repeatedly advocated for the necessity of rearmament -- an interview with journalist Ryuichi Kitano The Showa Emperor was a deeply divisive figure whose role in the tumultuous period from 1933-1945 was clouded by lingering postwar taboos and censorship. Since his death in 1989 multiple accounts have given us a clearer picture of his thoughts and actions in ways that are often unflattering.
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