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Feb 24, 2018

This week: Hirohito goes to war. What did he know, how much did he direct things himself, and ultimately, how much responsibility does he bear for the greatest cataclysm in the history of East Asia?


Feb 10, 2018

This week, we take a look at Hirohito's life before World War II. What kind of ruler was Japan's new emperor when the chips came down?


Feb 3, 2018

Young Hirohito goes on trips, serves his first turns in politics, and gets married! Join us as we look at the future emperor's first steps into the life that he never really had a chance to choose for himself.