Read this transcript of a radio broadcast from August 14, 1945, in which Emperor Hirohito accepts the Potsdam Declaration.

Supplies a brief profile of the divine Shinto emperor of Japan whose militaristic and expansionist regime co-initiated World War II.

Contains articles about swords, lists of interest groups and manufacturers, and links to other resources.

Prime minister of Japan from 1937 to 1938 committed suicide in 1945 upon his arrest by the Allies after World War II.

Read this encyclopedia listing on this political and military leader who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.