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Hirohito warned against war: new biography

音声ダウンロード

The Imperial Household Agency has compiled a 61-volume biography of former Emperor Hirohito that portrays him as being distressed that he could not stop his country from going to war, according to Kyodo News.

The 12,000-page record says he complained in July 1939 to Army Minister Seishiro Itagaki about the military’s “predisposition” as it built ties to Germany, Kyodo reported. He warned against calls for war with the United States, predicting in July 1941 that it would be “nothing less than a self-destructive war.” (AP)

昭和天皇の実録を公開

宮内庁は、昭和天皇の生涯をまとめた『昭和天皇実録』を公開した。日本が戦争へ向かうことを止められず、昭和天皇が苦悩していたことなどが記されている。

The Japan Times ST: September 19, 2014