The Ceremony Marking the End of World War II
October 17, 2018September 2, 1945. More than two weeks had passed since the Japanese laid down their arms and declared they would no longer fight the Allies in the Pacific. The United... Read More
Japanese Leaders
The Secret Japanese Plan for Biological Warfare
October 12, 2018As World War II started to draw to its inevitable conclusion, the Japanese became increasingly desperate. Japan, which had had been suffering crippling defeats, wasn't about to go down without... Read More
Tojo’s Teeth: A Dentist’s Revenge
September 10, 2018After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the devastating war that followed, many Americans wanted revenge, and some got in the most unexpected ways. One of the oddest might... Read More
The Misplaced Confidence of Hideki Tojo
July 27, 2018Japanese Prime Minister Gen. Hideki Tojo hadn’t even seen the results of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor when he started to declare Japan’s ability to defeat the... Read More
The Man Who Ordered Pearl Harbor: Hideki Tojo
July 5, 2018Hideki Tojo was born on December 30th, 1884. His father was Hidenori Tojo, a well-respected officer in the Imperial Japanese Army. Tojo received a typical education for Japanese young men of... Read More
Shigekazu Shimazaki: Leading the Second Wave
May 29, 2018In September of 1941, 33-year-old Lt. Cmdr. Shigekazu Shimazaki was assigned to be the equipping officer of the aircraft carrier Zuikaku, which had been commissioned into the Imperial Japanese Navy... Read More
Was the Attack on Pearl Harbor Illegal?
May 22, 2018Causing the deaths of 2,403 individuals would in most cases be considered illegal without question. In times of war, however, the rules can be a bit murkier. In the Pacific... Read More
The Long and Eventful Reign of Hirohito
March 12, 2018To many in the Japanese leadership in 1941, there appeared to be only one way to get the United States to back off and allow their expansion across Chinese territories:... Read More
The Japanese General Who Opposed Pearl Harbor
November 22, 2017When the decision to attack the naval base at Pearl Harbor was brought to the table in response to the American involvement in what Japan considered its Pacific affairs, it’s... Read More
Pearl Harbor: Terms and People to Know
August 9, 2017The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor remains one of the most important events in American history. The horrific loss of life and the sinking of vital American ships on the... Read More
The Fate of the Japanese Officers Behind Pearl Harbor
July 26, 2017The attack on Pearl Harbor wasn’t some last-minute plan that was thought up over the course of several hours. It was a complex, highly-orchestrated assault that took many months to... Read More
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Visit to Pearl Harbor
December 31, 2016Japan’s Pearl Harbor Visit On December 7th, 1941, Japanese bombers flew in to Pearl Harbor, dropping bombs, torpedoes, and machine gun fire on unsuspecting American servicemen and citizens, marking a... Read More
Emperor Hirohito Radio Address on August 15, 1945
August 5, 2015The following is a translation of Emperor Hirohito's radio address from August 15, 1945 accepting the Allies terms of surrender. The language that he spoke in was very difficult for... Read More
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