Imperial Palace

This guide to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo centers on one night, August 14 into 15, 1945, hours after Emperor Hirohito recorded Japan's surrender speech. Four army officers, part of a group led by Major Kenji Hatanaka unwilling to accept defeat, walk into the office of General Takeshi Mori inside these walls and ask him to join their cause. Listen for how the rebels moved through the palace grounds that night, searching for something hidden underground.