(n)emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989), Syn.Michinomiya Hirohito
[ぎょくおんほうそう, gyokuonhousou](n) (See ポツダム宣言) radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast Aug. 15, 1945)[Add to Longdo]
[てんのうにんげんせんげん, tennouningensengen](n) Imperial Declaration of Humanity (wherein Hirohito renounced the imperial claim to divinity; Jan. 1, 1946)[Add to Longdo]