Peter Landers is The Wall Street Journal's Asia business, finance and economics editor, based in Singapore. He previously served as Tokyo bureau chief for a decade.

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest ... Yuriko had lived a healthy life as a centenarian before suffering a stroke and pneumonia in March.

The princess’ life began in 1923, when she was born an aristocrat. She married Prince Mikasa — the younger brother of Hirohito and the uncle of Japan’s current Emperor Naruhito — at age 18 ...

He was that rarity, which you see a lot in fiction but rarely in real life—a sleeper agent ... Five days later, Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced his nation's surrender.

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Periods including “fish emerge from the ice” in mid-February and “rainbows hide” in late November offer a framework for ...