How a war criminal who escaped justice still polarises (Hirohito)

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Was Emperor Hirohito, Japanese head of state during World War 2, just a puppet? Should he have been convicted as a war criminal? What was the extent of his war guilt?
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Host: Iain Russell
Editor: Alicia Gómez
Script Editor: Jennifer Conerly

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Herbert Bix - Emperor Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
Herbert Bix - Japan's Delayed Surrender - A reinterpretation
Book reviews on the above by Ben-Ami Shillony, Lucian W. Pye, Malcolm Trevor, Young Hee Park and Steven Lee
Francis Pike - Hirohito's War: The Pacific War, 1941-1945
E.J.H Corner - His Majesty Emperor Hirohito of Japan

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00:00 - 14:31 A Puppet?
14:31 - 29:15 War Criminal?
29:15 - 31:20 Final Thoughts

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