Emperor Hirohito sought to express his feelings of ... when Tajima stepped down as grand steward. After Tajima's death in 1968, his family held on to the documents and recently presented them ...

Augustus was the founder of the Roman Empire, which he ruled from 27 B.C. until his death in A.D. 14 at the age of 75.

Installed as Crown Prince at the age of fifteen, Hirohito assumed the "Chrysanthemum Throne" in 1926 with the death of his father, the Emperor Yoshihito (now known as the Taisho Emperor ...

Quoting Emperor Hirohito, who announced in 1945 after two ... At a time when the world is ravaged by wars, death and famine, Boas’s cheerful stoicism seems to have touched the nation: “I ...

For example, the emperor Hirohito, instead of sinking into decadent ... prepared to accept old age (if he survives that long) and death. Many modern people, on the other hand, are disturbed ...

Simon Boas -- a 46-year-old man with terminal cancer who has moved many with a touching letter about being grateful for the ...

Excavations carried out by researchers from the University of Tokyo at the northern foot of Mount Vesuvius have uncovered part of a building that they believe was used by Augustus, Rome's first ...

Installed as Crown Prince at the age of fifteen, Hirohito assumed the "Chrysanthemum Throne" in 1926 with the death of his father, the Emperor Yoshihito (now known as the Taisho Emperor ...

A letter called “A Beginner’s Guide to Dying” by a 46-year-old Jersey-based man with terminal cancer has been dropping into ...