Editing Hirohito (section)

===Overseas travel===
[[File:Kroonprins Hirohito, de latere keizer van Japan, in uniform, voor 1928, SFA004000724.jpg|thumb|Crown Prince Hirohito in England in 1921]]
From 3 March to 3 September 1921 (Taisho 10), the Crown Prince made official visits to the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]], [[French Third Republic|France]], the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]], [[Vatican City]] and [[Malta]] (then a protectorate of the British Empire). This was the first visit to Western Europe by the Crown Prince.{{efn|The first foreign trip by the Crown Prince was made in 1907 by the Crown Prince Yoshihito to the then Korean Empire. During that time, while it was considered a foreign country, it had become a colonial protectorate of Japan and would eventually be annexed.}} Despite strong opposition in Japan, this was realized by the efforts of elder Japanese statesmen ([[Genrō]]) such as [[Yamagata Aritomo]] and [[Saionji Kinmochi]].

The departure of Prince Hirohito was widely reported in newspapers. The [[Japanese battleship Katori|Japanese battleship ''Katori'']] was used, and departed from [[Yokohama]], sailed to [[Naha]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Singapore]], [[Colombo]], [[Suez]], [[Cairo]], and [[Gibraltar]]. In April, Hirohito was present in Malta for the opening of the Maltese Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gov.mt/en/Government/DOI/Press%20Releases/Pages/2020/July/24/pr201420.aspx |title=PRESS RELEASE BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPEAKER Speaker Farrugia receives the new Japanese ambassador |author=Malta Government Services and Information |date=24 July 2020 |website=doi.gov.mt |publisher=Office of the Speaker (Malta) |access-date=25 February 2024 |quote=These were further enhanced by high-level visits, including the visit to Tokyo by President of Malta George Vella who attended the enthronement ceremony of Emperor Naruhito last October. He noted that the then Crown Prince of Japan Hirohito visited Malta in April 1921 as part of his first European tour and was present for the opening of the new Maltese Parliament.}}</ref> After sailing for two months, the Katori arrived in [[Portsmouth]] on 9 May, on the same day reaching the British capital, [[London]]. Hirohito was welcomed in the UK as a partner of the [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]] and met with [[King George V]] and Prime Minister [[David Lloyd George]].
[[File:Crown_Prince_Hirohito_in_Oxford_1921.jpg|thumb|left|Hirohito watches a boat race at [[Oxford University]] in 1921]]
That evening, a banquet was held at [[Buckingham Palace]], where Hirohito met with George V and [[Prince Arthur of Connaught]]. George V said that he treated his father like Hirohito,{{clarification needed|date=February 2024}} who was nervous in an unfamiliar foreign country, and that relieved his tension. The next day, he met [[Edward VIII|Prince Edward]] (the future Edward VIII) at [[Windsor Castle]], and a banquet was held every day thereafter. In London, he toured the [[British Museum]], the [[Tower of London]], the [[Bank of England]], [[Lloyd's of London|Lloyd's Marine Insurance]], [[Oxford University]], Army University, and the [[Royal Naval War College|Naval War College]]. He also enjoyed theater at the [[New Oxford Theatre]] and the Delhi Theatre.<ref>小田部雄次 『天皇・皇室を知る事典』211頁（東京堂出版・2007年）</ref>

At the [[University of Cambridge]], he listened to Professor [[Joseph Robson Tanner|J. R. Tanner's]] lecture on "Relationship between the British Royal Family and its People", and was awarded an [[honorary doctorate]] degree.<ref name="100-20-445">{{cite book |author=Tooru Hayano |script-title=ja:L100人の20世紀 |date=September 2001 |publisher=Asahi Shimbun |series=朝日文庫 |isbn=4022613513 |volume=下 |page=445 |script-chapter=ja:昭和天皇 |language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Tipton |first=Elise K. |chapter=Royal symbolism: Crown Prince Hirohito's tour to Europe in 1921 |url=https://www.manchesterhive.com/view/9781526109392/9781526109392.00016.xml |title=Royals on Tour: Politics, pageantry and colonialism |publisher=[[Manchester University Press]] |year=2018 |isbn=978-1-5261-0939-2 |editor-last=Aldrich |editor-first=Robert |editor-link=Robert Aldrich (historian) |page=201 |doi=10.7765/9781526109392.00016 |s2cid=198656306 |editor-last2=McCreery |editor-first2=Cindy}}</ref> He visited [[Edinburgh]], Scotland, from 19 to 20 May, and was also awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. He stayed at the residence of [[John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl]], for three days. On his stay with Stuart-Murray, the prince was quoted as saying, "The rise of [[Bolsheviks]] won't happen if you live a simple life like Duke Athol."<ref name="100-20-445" />

In Italy, he met with King [[Vittorio Emanuele III]] and others, attended official international banquets, and visited places such as the fierce battlefields of [[World War I]].