Imperial Japan: the Revisionism Continues
[August 15, 2017] On this date, August 15, 1945, it was announced that Imperial Japan would surrender unconditionally, bringing World War II to a close.1 Called the Jewel Voice Broadcast, Emperor Hirohito personally announced the surrender in a recorded radio address across the Empire. Yet since that time there has been a systematic revisionism that downplays wartime atrocities… Read More »