Thirty-seven-year-old Hirohito Emperor of Japan, held a New Year review of his Army. Is known as the Son of Heaven; wears glasses, and off duty wears a. lounge suit like any Western businessman. Is easily the richest king in the world, owning millions of acres of forest, valued at £65,000,000 Has shares in every big business enterprise, estimated at £30,000,- 000, while buildings, cattle, etc., add another £8,000,000 to the Imperial funds. These he owns in fact, but, theoretically, all Japan is legally his own. To the Japanese he is a god. Adoring thousands will wait all night on the route he is to pass; kneel as he appraoches, yet never raise an eyelid to the bespectacled figure riding past them in a closed carriage.

Northern Advocate, 10 January 1938, Page 4

Thirty-seven-year-old Hirohito Emperor of Japan, held a New Year review of his Army. Is known as the Son of Heaven; wears glasses, and off duty wears a. lounge suit like any Western businessman. Is easily the richest king in the world, owning millions of acres of forest, valued at £65,000,000 Has shares in every big business enterprise, estimated at £30,000,000, while buildings, cattle, etc., add another £8,000,000 to the Imperial funds. These he owns in fact, but, theoretically, all Japan is legally his own. To the Japanese he is a god. Adoring thousands will wait all night on the route he is to pass; kneel as he appraoches, yet never raise an eyelid to the bespectacled figure riding past them in a closed carriage.