Richard B. Frank, author of Downfall: the End of the Imperial Japanese Empire, describes their position: "In their war gaming of Ketsu-Go, the Japanese had worked out that they could destroy up ...

Ironically, the imperial system was as much a construction of the Meiji ... Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2010. The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (1889). From Hirobumi Ito, Commentaries ...

In December 1941, Imperial Japan opened the Pacific theater of World ... pit the country against the United States and the British Empire, two of the world's dominant military forces.

Yamato-Class Battleships: Japan's Naval Giants That Couldn't Turn the Tide When Imperial Japan’s Yamato ... this time and wanted to expand its empire. Following Japan’s departure from the ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, “Banzai,” which means “long live,” while others waved small paper Japanese ...

During World War II, the Japanese imperial authorities abducted, coerced, tricked and sometimes recruited hundreds of thousands of women from Japan's colonial empire to become sexual slaves for ...

Subsequently, imperialist powers, including Japan, vied with each other to pillage Joseon’s resources. In 1897, Joseon changed its name to the Korean Empire (Daehan Jeguk) and pushed ahead with ...

An anonymous Japanese American blogger, who goes by the online handle "tpjv86b," has been translating this content into English as part of his Exposing Imperial Japan project. "As I explored ...

That's because the Imperial Palace is home to the Emperor of Japan and his immediate family. And before that, it was the residence for some of Japan's most important figures, including Emperor ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers are advancing cutting-edge projects that tackle critical issues such as antiracist education, ...