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Definition of Hirohito
1. Noun. Emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hirohito
Literary usage of Hirohito
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monarchies: What are King and Queens For? by Tom Bentley, James Wilsdon (2002)
"The metamorphosis worked by the constitution on the wartime emperor Hirohito was
presaged by a remarkable statement he issued in New Year 1946. ..."
2. Japan Goes to War: A Chronology of Japanese Military Expansion from the by Dorothy J. Perkins (1997)
"Emperor Hirohito declared, "The time has come when we must bear the unbearable,"
meaning that Japan should surrender. By this time, bombing raids by US ..."
3. General Kenney Reports: A Personal History of the Pacific War by George C. Kenney (1997)
"On the i ith the Swiss legation in Washington received a note from our State
Department clarifying our position in regard to Emperor Hirohito. ..."
4. United States and Vietnam 1787-1941 by Robert Hopkins Miller (1994)
"Roosevelt instructs Hull to send the message to Hirohito. Japanese forces massively
attack US military installations at Pearl Harbor, the Philippines, ..."
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