Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Hirohito across 5 places, from 1901 to 1947.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Emperor Shōwa (born Hirohito; 29 April 1901 to 7 January 1989) was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Hirohito is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Hirohito was documented, and when
29 April 1901exact date
Takanawa Residenceattested“Hirohito was born on 29 April 1901 at Tōgū Palace in Aoyama, Tokyo during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji, the first son of 21-year-old Crown Prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) and 16-year-old Crown Princess Sadako,…”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
29 April 1901exact date
Aoyama, Tokyoattested“Hirohito was born on 29 April 1901 at Tōgū Palace in Aoyama, Tokyo during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji, the first son of 21-year-old Crown Prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) and 16-year-old Crown Princess Sadako,…”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
1908year
Gakushūinattested“In 1908, he began elementary studies at the Gakushūin (Peers School).”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
1941 to 1989period
Pacificattested“Sir William Webb, the president of the tribunal, declared: "This immunity of the Emperor is contrasted with the part he played in launching the war in the Pacific, is, I think, a matter which the tribunal should take into consideration i…”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
7 December 1947exact date
Hiroshimaattested“Hirohito himself visited Hiroshima on December 7, 1947, marking his first visit to the city since the atomic bombing.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
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In each of these, a source puts Hirohito and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Hirohito was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.
3 September 1921exact date
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelandmentioned“From 3 March to 3 September 1921 (Taisho 10), the Crown Prince made official visits to the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Vatican City and Malta (then a protectorate of the British Empire).”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
25 November 1921exact date
Japanmentioned“After returning to Japan, Hirohito became Regent of Japan (Sesshō) on 25 November 1921, in place of his ailing father, who was affected by mental illness.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
April 1923month
Taiwanmentioned“Over 12 days in April 1923, Hirohito visited Taiwan, which had been a Japanese colony since 1895.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
26 April 1923exact date
Keelungmentioned“Crown Prince Hirohito handed his Imperial Notice to Governor-General Den Kenjiro and departed from Keelung on 26 April 1923.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
1931year
Mukden incidentmentioned“Beginning from the Mukden Incident in 1931 in which Japan staged a false flag operation and made a false accusation against Chinese dissidents as a pretext to invade Manchuria, Japan occupied Chinese territories and established the puppe…”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
9 January 1932exact date
Tokyomentioned“Hirohito narrowly escaped assassination by a hand grenade thrown by a Korean independence activist, Lee Bong-chang, in Tokyo on 9 January 1932, in the Sakuradamon Incident.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
1936year
French Third Republicmentioned“In France, Hirohito was warmly welcomed, and reunited with Edward VIII, who had abdicated in 1936 and was virtually in exile, and they chatted for a while.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
1941year
Hawaiimentioned“Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo said to his cabinet, "This is an ultimatum." On 1 December, an Imperial Conference sanctioned the "War against the United States, United Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Netherlands." On 8 December (7 De…”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
1942 to 1945period
Chinamentioned“Bix and Mark Felton, as well as the expert on China's international relations Michael Tai, point out that Hirohito personally sanctioned the "Three Alls policy" (Sankō Sakusen), a scorched earth strategy implemented in China from 1942 to…”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
1944year
Chinamentioned“Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito, informed the Yomiuri Shimbun that during 1944, he compiled a thorough report detailing the wartime atrocities perpetrated by Japanese soldiers in China.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
1944year
Battle of Leytementioned“In the autumn of 1944, he hoped for a victory at Battle of Leyte Gulf, but Japan suffered defeat.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
1944year
Battle of Leyte Gulfmentioned“In the autumn of 1944, he hoped for a victory at Battle of Leyte Gulf, but Japan suffered defeat.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
18 October 1944exact date
Philippinesmentioned“On 18 October 1944, Imperial headquarters had resolved that the Japanese must make a stand in the vicinity of Leyte to prevent the Americans from landing in the Philippines.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
1945year
Battle of Leytementioned“In early 1945, in the wake of the losses in the Battle of Leyte, Emperor Hirohito began a series of individual meetings with senior government officials to consider the progress of the war.”source: Wikipedia: Hirohito
Two people documented in the same place in the same year is a correlation, not a meeting.
Quo Fuit will never say they met without a source that says so.
How to read this page
Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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