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July 31 – Shimizu Shikin, novelist and women's rights activist (b. 1868) September 21 – Kenji Miyazawa, poet and author of children's books (b. 1896) October 15 – Inazō Nitobe, economist, author and educator (b. 1862) November 3 – Princess Nobuko Asaka, daughter of Emperor Meiji (b. 1891) November 8 – Uehara Yūsaku, field marshal (b ...
It was only on 23 December 1933, almost ten years after their wedding, that the young couple had a son, and gave Japan an heir, in the birth of Akihito (明仁). [2] There were nationwide celebrations across Japan following his birth, which was described by Nagako as "the happiest moment in my life".
The terms Tennō ('Emperor', 天皇), as well as Nihon ('Japan', 日本), were not adopted until the late 7th century AD. [6] [2] In the nengō system which has been in use since the late 7th century, years are numbered using the Japanese era name and the number of years which have elapsed since the start of that nengō era. [7]
The Empire of Japan, [c] also known as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state [d] that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 until the Constitution of Japan took effect on 3 May 1947. [8] From 1910 to 1945, it included the Japanese archipelago, the Kurils, Karafuto, Korea, and Taiwan.
1933 in the Japanese colonial empire (2 C) / 1933 establishments in Japan (3 C, 31 P) A. 1933 anime (1 C) D. 1933 disasters in Japan (1 P) S. 1933 in Japanese sport (1 C)
For the first eight years of their marriage, the emperor and empress only had girls; as a result, the emperor's younger brother, Prince Chichibu, remained first in line and heir presumptive to the throne until the birth of Crown Prince Akihito in December 1933. As a career military officer and known nationalist with radical leanings, the prince ...
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Prince Hirohito became as the Emperor of the Empire of Japan after the death of his father Yoshihito. This marked the start of Shōwa period, and also the last period of the Empire of Japan (during the final year of World War II). 1927: January to April: Shōwa financial crisis begins. 30 December