The guilt o not-so-innocent emperor . . Books: Critic's choice.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: March 16, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: FRANCIS KING

HIROHITO AND THE MAKING OF MODERN JAPAN by Herbert P. Bix (Duckworth, [pound]25)

BORN in 1901, and emperor of Japan from 1926 to his death in 1989, Hirohito presided over a country that first enjoyed astonishing military triumphs in World War II and then suffered cataclysmic defeat.

The most momentous event of his long life occurred when, on Japanese radio in August 1945, he renounced the belief that the imperial family were descended from the gods.

Subsequently, Hirohito came to be seen by many as the personification of a new, contrite, ...

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