Torbjørn Færøvik: August 15, 1945. The Emperor Speaks

 It could not be true.On August 15, 1945, at exactly noon, Japanese citizens who turned on their radios leaned forward, ears straining, and stared at one another in disbelief. They were told that none other than Emperor Hirohito himself would address them. It had never happened before.Seconds passed, and then a thin, deliberate voice slipped into millions of homes. “To my subjects,” he began