“Beware most strictly of any outbursts of emotion which may engender needless complications, or any fraternal contention and strife which may create confusion, lead you astray, and cause you to lose the confidence of the world.” - “ Gyokuon-hōsō” Radio Broadcast, 1945 ![]() “All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?” - quoting his grandfather, Emperor Meiji (as quoted in The Pacific Campaign) “I desire that concrete plans to end the war, unhampered by existing policy, be speedily studied and that efforts be made to implement them.” - Hiroshima in History: The Myths of Revisionism ![]() “The fruits of victory are tumbling into our mouths too quickly.” - Statement in 1942, quoted in Pearl Harbor: From Infamy to Greatness Even now I am not sure how historians will allocate the responsibility for the war.” - Hirohito: Beyond the Myth “It was not clear to me that our course was unjustified. While each country’s history books would depict his choice differently, he spent the rest of his life reflecting on World War II - and whether he could have done anything differently. ![]() Emperor Hirohito’s decision to enter World War II was not a light one.
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