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Japanese emperor Hirohito, 1982
The longest-reigning monarch in Japanese history ruled during World War II and afterward.
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Hirohito: enthronement ceremony, 1926
Hirohito at his enthronement ceremony, 1926.
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Hirohito, c. 1925–35.
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Hirohito, 1939.
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Japanese soldiers with rifles and bayonets parading past Emperor Hirohito, c. 1941. 
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