Lenin was initially named ‘Hirohito,’ apparently because my grandfather admired the Japanese emperor. I have been unable to verify claims that he was among the first to use a Japanese-made Datsun ...

“Cars”, from 1963, derives moments of sweaty eroticism from ... Japan had been a land of living gods until Hirohito stepped down from the heavens with the Humanity Declaration of 1 January 1946, ...

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While her extensive car collection includes a lot of the usual suspects, there are also some absolute bangers in there, like a restomod '67 Ford Bronco, a murdered-out third-generation El Camino ...

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Chinese car makers are ramping up electric-vehicle production, posing a challenge to U.S. automakers. WSJ’s Yoko Kubota traveled to the city of Hangzhou to see the impact of China’s EV boom.

The other video piece shows Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako (1903-2000) visiting the Fushimi-Momoyama mausoleum of Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) in Kyoto on Feb. 27, 1924, to report on ...

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