writer 0 2005-06-14T00:00:00Z Japanese archaeologists and historians have long rejected the government's claim that Japan has had 124 emperors from the mythical Jimmu, descendant of the Sun Goddess, to the controversial Showa Emperor Hirohito, whose pre-World War II reign brought havoc to Asian and Jap... Herbert 41943 true 2005-06-14T00:00:00Z Bix 8081 6058 0 1 Japan's Emperor emperor-shinto-democracy-by-herbert-bix Emperor, Shinto, Democracy: 2009-09-25T05:15:50Z 166