This Monday, Aug. 19, 2019, photo shows journals and notebooks kept by Michiji Tajima, a former top Imperial Household Agency, in Tokyo. Japan’s wartime Emperor Hirohito repeatedly felt sorry about World War II and tried, although unsuccessfully, to include the word “remorse” in his 1952 speech, documents obtained by NHK TV show. The records of conversations spanning nearly five years with Hirohito were kept by Tajima who took office after the war. (Kyodo News via AP)
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