People: Japan
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Listen to Hirohito’s surrender speech
The original recordings of Japanese royal emperor Hirohito’s surrender speech on the 15th of August 1945 have been made public by the Imperial Royal Household. This unique radio speech, in which the Japanese people for the first time heard the voice of the divine emperor, can now be heard at the internet. The Imperial Royal…
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Why Japan had to abolish state-Shinto 68 years ago
On December 15th, 1945, Japan abolished Shinto religion on American instigation. They regarded the ancient Shinto religion as an important part of Japanese nationalism and militarism – both foundations of the aggressive expansionist policy of imperial Japan in the first half of the 20th century. Shintoism is an old religion, dating back to the early…
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The fall of Singapore – The Great Betrayal
The Japanese took out Pearl Harbor and subsequently captured Singapore in August 1941 in no-time. How did the newly established Eastern power manage to defeat the two world great naval and air forces on their own game? As this documentary shows, espionage by the Japanese gave them the knowhow to achieve this extraordinary feat. For…