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Hirohito as an infant in 1902 Emperor Taishō's four sons in 1921: Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito, and Yasuhito. Hirohito was born on 29 April 1901 at Tōgū Palace in Aoyama, Tokyo during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji, [2] the first son of 21-year-old Crown Prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) and 16-year-old Crown Princess Sadako, the future Empress Teimei. [3]
On 7 January 1989, at 5:40 am, members of the imperial family gathered at the Tokyo Imperial Palace, including Crown Prince Akihito and his wife, Crown Princess Michiko, after chief court physician Akira Takagi rushed in to attend to Hirohito. The Emperor died less than an hour later, at 6:33 am.
Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) was in power during the Pacific War; he controlled both the sovereign of the state and the imperial forces. [53] The role of the emperor as head of the State Shinto religion was exploited during the war, creating an Imperial cult that led to kamikaze bombers and other manifestations of fanaticism.
The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet.This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day.
Princess Yuriko of Japan, who was the oldest member of the Japanese Imperial Family, has died at 101 years old. Princess Yuriko — the wife of Emperor Hirohito’s brother — died at a Tokyo ...
Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan Hideki Tojo, Supreme Military Leader of Japan and Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944. Hirohito (posthumously known as Emperor Shōwa) was the Emperor from 1926 until his death in 1989, making him the last surviving leader of the big three (Germany, Italy, and Japan). He was viewed as a semi-divine leader.
His eldest son, Crown Prince Hirohito, served as Sesshō (摂政; "Regent") from 1921 to 1926 because of Taishō's illness. [143] [144] 124: Hirohito 裕仁: Emperor Shōwa 昭和天皇: 25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989 (62 years, 13 days)
The number of living former U.S. presidents dwindled to four on Dec. 29, 2024, when Jimmy Carter died at age 100 just months after extending his record as the longest-living president in U.S ...