Talk:Hirohito/Archive 2

message: I removed this description of Bix's (possible) bias from the list of books:
: based on books from pro-communistic publishers such as Aoki Shoten or Otsuki Shoten)
because I don't think it's accurate (if you look through the source notes from Bix's book, he does refer to some works from these publishers, but he also references many other sources, including contemporary diaries and other such documents). His text does not seem to many "traditional" leftish POVs (see, e.g. his treatment of Japanese surrender feelers, pp. 505-511), but even if he is, the copious sourcing allows one to see where his data comes from, and come to an independent assessment of his conclusions. Noel (talk) 17:11, 2 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Characterization of Bix

message: I have a question.  The last part of the article said that doctors did not tell the Emperor of his cancer in accordance with Japanese tradition.  What does this mean?  I feel that such a statement requires some explanation, as the average reader is not going to go "oh they must mean the Japanese tradition of...." but might think something more along the lines of "Japanese culture is weird."  Can anyone clarify??  The lesbian 01:55, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questions 

message: The responsibility of the war. Where, when and how was this issue "talked" out?  It was pretty clear the Emperor of Japan
lost power when the Japan's parliament was shut down. Tojo and cabinet was the "shogun" that took Japan to war. There was no thing really Showa could have done in that situation. It is definitely historical fact that Showa made the first radio broadcast for an Emperor.
http://www.glocom.org/books_and_journals/book_reviews/20010726_com_hirohito/
That book was just another angry American telling his point of view. -- Masssiveego
:For an alternative view of the emperor's role in the war, suggesting that Tojo largely worked at the emperor's command, see the book by Bix cited at the end of the article.  I think that we need to try to keep this article neutral, mentioning both sides of the debate (the emperor as puppet, and the emperor as war criminal) without treating either as if it were a proven fact.  David 12:31, 2005 Apr 19 (UTC)
: Note also that Bix carefully points to all his sources, most of them Japanese, so it's not like he's expressing purely his personal opinion; he has a lot of data to back it up. Noel (talk) 17:29, 12 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Hirohito and responsibility for WWII

message: Does this statement conform to NPOV? I mean, I personally am with pretty much every educated person in believing this statement to be true, but what wabout the legendary Emperors in the Kojiki that ruled for around ninety years? Would a phrase like "it is accepted by most historians that his reign was the longest of Japanese Emperors" not be better? elvenscout742 21:43, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Just to make sure. Emperor Showa(Emperor Hirohito) had never gone outside of the Japanese archipelago (of course, not involving the Chosen Peninsula(Korea)) until 1971 after his succession to the throne.--Questionfromjapan 12:44, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

text: It's in the age of his crown prince.  "After his succession to the throne", he had never gone until 1971.  (His succession was in 1926.) --Questionfromjapan 14:48, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Longest reign"? 

message: "大行" is "Taikō", not "Taigyō". see this citation.  "Taikō" means "the emperor who has gone away", i.e., "the former emperor".--Questionfromjapan 01:55, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Taikō Tennō

message: The Japanese article links him to Boy Scouting, in what context? Chris 01:58, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Scouting

message: It appears that the wrong template was added to this article.  Citecheck is designed for articles that have misused citations in some way, such as when an article claims an author took one opinion and the source shows the author expressed the opposite opinion.  I don't see that sort of dispute here. Durova 01:46, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citecheck template removed 

message: Hirohito's monogamy and abolishment of concubinage in 1924 has modern relevance to the current imperial problems of succession.
:If you have a reference we can cite, the information should go into the article. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 15:21, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing mention of Hirohito and concubines

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replies: text: I don't doubt that truth in the article or even that the work written in here is based on solid references and reliable sources. Unfortunately, without the needed in-line citations the article can not easily pass WP:V which is the whole point of it all. In light of Jimbo and the Wikipedia's community desire for more quality over quantity the GA project is working on increasing our standards of quality and accordingly to the articles with the GA label attached. I ensure you that the editors of this article will have ample time to include the needed in-line citations and the finish product will be even better then it was before. This group of editors have done an outstanding job on this article, these are just cosemtic touches to keep it in line with WP:WIAGA. Agne 17:12, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA Re-Review and In-line citations 

message: How can one repulse a coming invasion?  Does anyone know what this means?--68.175.39.163 18:48, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "had been improved by a repulse of the coming Allied invasion"