Discovered on January 30, 1996 by an amateur astronomer from southern Japan, Comet Hyakutake (pronounced "hyah-koo-tah-kay,") came 13 times closer to the Earth than Hale-Bopp. There were two ...
Experts on Japanese history say Hyakutake’s descriptions of the emperor’s attitude toward the war will likely lead to further studies of the theme. Seiichi Chadani, a professor of modern ...