Installed as Crown Prince at the age of fifteen, Hirohito assumed the "Chrysanthemum Throne" in 1926 with the death of his father, the Emperor Yoshihito (now known as the Taisho Emperor ...

Hirohito (1901-1989), grandson of Emperor Meiji ... very few available video records of imperial family members from the Taisho Era,” Hasegawa said. He noted that citizens in the footage ...

Michinomiya Hirohito was born to the Japanese imperial family in Tokyo on April 29, 1901. He was the first son of Japan's crown prince Yoshihito, who later became the Emperor Taisho. Educated in ...

Japan’s Taisho Pharmaceutical looks like it could be heading into private ownership, thanks to a management buyout offer (MBO) that could value the company at almost $5 billion. The consumer ...

After protracted speculation, Bristol-Myers Squibb has confirmed it plans to divest its French over-the-counter (OTC) medicines business UPSA to Japan’s Taisho Pharma in a $1.6 billion deal.

Emperor Hirohito appeared to be preparing for war against the United States about two months before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, according to a diary that raises further questions about his ...

New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has today announced a partnership with Taisho Pharmaceutical (Taisho) as Premium Global Partner from 2022 onwards. Taisho, a leading Japanese Pharmaceuticals company has agreed ...

I used to think there was no love in marriage... Until I met a fierce and passionate soldier! Despite being the daughter of a viscount, Asako is rejected by high society and treated as a nuisance ...

Hirohito Ogi is Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Initiative and the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG), the International House of Japan (IHJ). He served at the Ministry of Defence and Ministry ...

Installed as Crown Prince at the age of fifteen, Hirohito assumed the "Chrysanthemum Throne" in 1926 with the death of his father, the Emperor Yoshihito (now known as the Taisho Emperor ...