Hirohito: References & Edit History
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Corrected details about Hirohito's meetings with U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. | Aug 27, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus - Hirohito and History: Japanese and American Perspectives on the Emperor and World War II in Asia. | Jul 24, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus - Hirohito and History: Japanese and American Perspectives on the Emperor and World War II in Asia. | Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus - Hirohito and History: Japanese and American Perspectives on the Emperor and World War II in Asia. | Apr 27, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 25, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 03, 2026 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 14, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - The Birth of Emperor Hirohito. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - The Seven Deadly Sins. | Sep 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Hirohito The God Emperor. | Aug 02, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa)�s Triumph. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Emperor Showa. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN World - Emperor Emeritus Akihito Fast Facts. | May 09, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National WWII Museum - The Fate of Emperor Hirohito. | Mar 14, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Mar 02, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 03, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Hirohito Facts and Biography. | Mar 07, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 01, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atomic Heritage Foundation - Emperor Hirohito. | Jan 18, 2017 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 17, 2016 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 18, 2015 | ||
| Photograph of Hirohito in 1926 added. | Dec 18, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Emperor Hirohito. | Apr 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Emperor Hirohito and PM Yoshida. | Jan 30, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Emperor Hirohito. | Jan 30, 2013 | ||
| Detail added on Hirohito's role in government during Japan's militaristic period in the 1930s and '40s. |
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Mar 16, 2012 | |
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Hirohito. | Nov 19, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 07, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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