If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side by side during their historic first meeting on September 27, 1945.

Emperor Hirohito and General MacArthur ... On the morning of September 8, 1945, General Douglas MacArthur made his way by automobile toward the American Embassy in the heart of Tokyo.

Japan’s imitative ability last week turned to politics. Emperor Hirohito and his Shidehara Cabinet, with General MacArthur’s enthusiastic endorsement, offered the Japanese 16 closely typed ...