Thanks. This contextualises something for me. In 1989, I asked a Japanese friend about Hirohito - his death or something - and the guy just couldn't understand

Thanks. This contextualises something for me. In 1989, I asked a Japanese friend about Hirohito - his death or something - and the guy just couldn't understand what I was talking about. My friend's English wasn't very good and my pronunciation of the name possibly also didn't help.