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Heads bowed, members of the Japanese parliament listen while Emperior Hirohito reads an Imperial decree at the opening session of the diet in the Hous(...)
Heads bowed, members of the Japanese parliament listen while Emperior Hirohito reads an Imperial decree at the opening session of the diet in the Hous(...)

Heads bowed, members of the Japanese parliament listen while Emperior Hirohito reads an Imperial decree at the opening session of the diet in the Hous(...)

Date12/5/1945
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Original Toronto Star caption: Heads bowed, members of the Japanese parliament listen while Emperior Hirohito reads an Imperial decree at the opening session of the diet in the House of Peers in Tokyo. The question of the Mikado's guilt in the war arose at a plenary session yesterday and Premier Kijuro Shidehara believed him guiltless
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0057431F
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