Emperor Hirohito reigned for more than sixty years, yet we know little about him or the part he really played in the turbulent history of Showa Japan. Stephen L

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at th

The reign of Emperor Hirohito-the Showa era-is synonymous with the history of twentieth-century Japan. That history is told here by one of Japan's most respecte