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The departure of Prince Hirohito was widely reported in newspapers. In May 1921, he visited Edinburgh, Scotland In 1920 Hirohito was promoted to the rank of Major in the army and Lieutenant Commander in the navy. Hirohito attended Gakushūin Peers' School from 1908 to 1914 and then a special institute for the crown prince ( Tōgū-gogakumonsho) from 1914 to 1921. An investiture ceremony was not required to confirm this status. Hirohito was formally proclaimed crown prince and heir apparent on 2 November 1916. In 1916, he was promoted to captain and lieutenant in the army and navy.
In 1914, he was promoted to the ranks of lieutenant in the army and sub-lieutenant in the navy. He was also decorated with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Chrysanthemum. Hirohito became the heir apparent, and he was formally commissioned as a second lieutenant in the army and an ensign in the navy. When his grandfather, Emperor Meiji, died on 30 July 1912, Hirohito's father, Yoshihito, assumed the throne. In 1908 he began elementary studies at the Gakushūin (Peers School). At the age of 3, Hirohito and his brother Yasuhito were returned to court when Kawamura died – first to the imperial mansion in Numazu, Shizuoka, then back to the Aoyama Palace.
Ten weeks after he was born, Hirohito was removed from the court and placed in the care of Count Kawamura Sumiyoshi, who raised him as his grandchild. He was the grandson of Emperor Meiji and Yanagihara Naruko. Hirohito was born in Tokyo's Aoyama Palace (during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji) on 29 April 1901, the first son of 21-year-old Crown Prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) and 17-year-old Crown Princess Sadako (the future Empress Teimei). 7.4.6 British government assessment of HirohitoĮmperor Taishō's four sons in 1921: Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito and Yasuhito.7.4.5 Documents that suggest limited wartime responsibility.7.4.4 Hirohito's preparations for war described in Saburō Hyakutake's diary.7.4.2 Vice Interior Minister Yuzawa's account on Hirohito's role in Pearl Harbor raid.7.4 Accountability for Japanese war crimes.Hirohito is now referred to in Japanese by his posthumous name, Shōwa, which is the name of the era coinciding with his reign. In Japan, reigning emperors are known only as "the Emperor". deriving his position from the will of the people in whom resides sovereign power." The Constitution of Japan of 1947 declared the Emperor to be a mere "symbol of the State. On 1 January 1946, under pressure from the Allies, the Emperor formally renounced his divinity. His role during the war remains controversial. After Japan's surrender, he was not prosecuted for war crimes, as General Douglas MacArthur thought that an ostensibly cooperative emperor would help establish a peaceful Allied occupation, and help the U.S. Japan waged a war across Asia in the 1930s and 40s in the name of Hirohito, who was revered as a god. Hirohito was the head of state under the Meiji Constitution during Japan's imperial expansion, militarization, and involvement in World War II. He was the longest-reigning historical Japanese emperor and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world. By 1979, Hirohito was the only monarch in the world with the title "emperor".
Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters he was succeeded by his fifth child and eldest son, Akihito. Emperor Shōwa ( 昭和天皇, Shōwa-tennō, 29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name Hirohito ( 裕仁), was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.