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Yoshihiro Tokugawa, Hirohito aide
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The man who served as the late Emperor Hirohito's closest personal
aide for more than half a century, former Grand Chamberlain
Yoshihiro Tokugawa, died Friday of respiratory failure. He was 89.
The descendant of the feudal-era Tokugawa shoguns had been in
poor health since his retirement in 1988.
Tokugawa became chamberlain to Emperor Hirohito, known
posthumously as the Emperor Showa, in 1936 after graduating with an
art history degree from Tokyo University and then studying...
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Yoshihiro Tokugawa Dies; Aide to Emperor Hirohito
The Washington Post
; Yoshihiro Tokugawa, 89, the man who served as the late Emperor Hirohito's closest personal aide for more than half a century and was the emperor's grand chamberlain from 1985 to 1988, died Feb. 2 in Tokyo. He had been hospitalized since December with respiratory ailments. The descendant of the
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Guardian of Hirohito's WWII Surrender Message Steps Down
The Washington Post
; In the cloistered palace of Japan's emperor, an era ended today when Yoshihiro Tokugawa, 81, retired as grand chamberlain. Tokugawa, descendant of the shoguns who controlled the emperor and ruled Japan for almost three centuries, was also the last imperial retainer whose career began before World
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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Emperor Hirohito and the visit in '71
Evening Standard - London
; THE reference to Emperor Hirohito as a despot and criminal in your article (If you thought Putin was bad, Ma'am, what about this bunch of despots and criminals, 17 April) is both utterly inappropriate and unacceptable. May I remind you that Emperor Hirohito's state visit in 1971 referred to in your
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 "The Economist (US)")
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After the grief. (Japan after Emperor Hirohito also includes a related article on the Imperial Household agency)
The Economist (US)
; AS EMPEROR HIROHITO'S struggle against death continued this week, the Japanese started to debate their future without him. More than 500,000 people have queued in the persistent drizzle that has blanketed Japan since the emperor became critically ill from cancer on September 19th. They are signing
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