(n) emperor of Japan who renounced his divinity and became a constitutional monarch after Japan surrendered at the end of World War II (1901-1989), Syn. Michinomiya Hirohito
[ぎょくおんほうそう, gyokuonhousou] (n) (See ポツダム宣言) radio broadcast announcing acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration and the end of the war (recording of Hirohito; broadcast Aug. 15, 1945)