"Uh, Vlad? Hirohito called. He wants his playbook back."

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https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/documents-show-japans-wartime-emperor-deep-regrets-65069821

New documents show Japan's wartime emperor had deep regrets
Japan's NHK television has obtained documents showing that former emperor Hirohito repeatedly felt sorry about World War II and tried, although unsuccessfully, to express his feelings by using the word "remorse" in a 1952 speech

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press
August 20, 2019, 4:28 AM

TOKYO -- Japanese public broadcaster NHK has obtained documents showing that former Emperor Hirohito repeatedly felt sorry about World War II and tried, unsuccessfully, to express his feelings by using the word "remorse" in a 1952 speech.

The records of conversations with Hirohito spanning several years were kept by Michiji Tajima, a top Imperial Household Agency official who took office after the war.

NHK obtained 18 notebooks through Tajima's family and aired a special program this past weekend.

[b]Although it's not surprising that Hirohito had deep regrets about the war, the documents highlight how painfully strong such emotions had been.

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2018/08/3f800cdc93ac-emperor-hirohito-in-anguish-in-final-years-over-blame-for-war.html

KYODO NEWS KYODO NEWS - Aug 23, 2018 - 08:45

Emperor Hirohito said during his final years that he did not wish to live much longer as he would only experience more anguish at sad events and being blamed for his role in war, the diary of a close aide obtained by Kyodo News for the first time showed Wednesday.

The diary kept by late chamberlain Shinobu Kobayashi revealed the aging emperor was haunted by talk of his wartime responsibility following the Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

"There is no point in living a longer life by reducing my workload. It would only increase my chances of seeing or hearing things that are agonizing," according to the diary entry dated April 7, 1987. The emperor, who died in 1989, was 85 at the time.

The entry recounted the emperor's remarks made to Kobayashi, who was 22 years his junior, while Kobayashi was on duty at the emperor's residence in Tokyo. The Imperial Household Agency had been considering ways to reduce his workload at the time.

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1. Yes he had deep regrets. He lost. This war criminal got a pass.