was the longest-reigning emperor in Japanese history. During his life, he was considered to be a god by the Japanese people. This is because of a prominent belief in the Shinto religion that all of their emperors are gods, descendants of thekami, who are the ultimategods in Shinto. ...
Who was Emperor of Japan during WWI? Who led the Japanese invasion of Manchuria? Who was the emperor of China during WWII? Who led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War? Who was Hideki Tojo? Who was the emperor of Japan during the Boshin War?
While the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty in the Chinese Revolution of 1912 ended the Chinese imperial period, Japan's invasion of Manchuria and establishment of a puppet kingdom in Manchuria known as Manchukuo saw an emperor ruling at least part of China again during World War II....
Who was Hiroo Onoda? Onoda was a Japanese soldier who refused to surrender long after the capitulation of Japan in WWII. For 29 extra years, ...
(or need to). The two first meet when a deranged WWII vet hijacks a busload of Kido’s students, makes them detour to the gates of the Imperial Palace at gunpoint, and demands an audience with the Emperor so he can learn how his son died during World War II. Yamashita and Kido ...
He first appeared on television in 1938 as Seigneur de Miolans in the BBC broadcast of The Marvellous History of St Bernard. During the Second World War Le Mesurier was posted to British India, as a captain with the Royal Tank Regiment. He returned to acting and made his film debut in ...
When he joined the USS Iowa in Hawaii, their first assignment was to accompany the USS Missouri for Japan's surrender. The Iowa and Missouri steamed into Sagami Bay for the Japanese Naval surrender, and then on to Tokyo Bay, to receive the Japanese Emperor's surrender. He watched the ...
As they moved inland, American troops wondered when and where they’d finally encounter enemy resistance. What they didn’t know was the Japanese Imperial Army had them just where they wanted them. Japanese troops had been instructed not to fire on the American landing forces but instead watch...
Wait, I thought that even if the Japanese knew that they are losing, they still wouldn’t give up without giving a fight because Japanese soldiers were known for doing that back in WWII. I thought that with the atomic bomb, it basically was a wea...
Ghost In The Shellis a sci-fi film based on the JapaneseMangaseries and the 1995 film with the same name. The movie begins in the near future in a city that resembles Tokyo/Hong Kong. Hanka Robotics, a corporation, is trying to improve mankind by putting people’s brains into robot’s...