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    The Shōwa era (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, [ɕoːwadʑidai] ) is a historical period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) from...
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  • Look up shōwa, Shōwa, or showa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shōwa most commonly refers to: Hirohito (1901–1989), the 124th Emperor of Japan, known...
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  • Shōwa nostalgia (Japanese: 昭和ノスタルジア) includes nostalgia for certain aspects of the postwar Shōwa era. Shōwa retro (Japanese: 昭和レトロ) is retro related to...
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    minister, Kishi retrospectively received the nickname "Monster of the Shōwa era" (昭和の妖怪; Shōwa no yōkai). Kishi was also the founder of the Satō–Kishi–Abe dynasty...
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    Shōwa (正和) or Medieval Showa was a Japanese era name (年号, nengō, lit. "year number") after Ōchō and before Bunpō. This period spanned the years from March...
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    Hirohito (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession...
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    chaotic Meiji era and the following militaristic-driven first part of the Shōwa era. The two kanji characters in Taishō (大正) were from a passage of the Classical...
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    Shōwa Statism (國家主義, Kokkashugi) is the nationalist ideology associated with the Empire of Japan, particularly during the Shōwa era. It is sometimes also...
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  • series of films are named after the Shōwa era (as all of these films were produced during Emperor Shōwa's reign). This Shōwa timeline spanned from 1954, with...
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    from 1673 during the Edo period until the early 20th century during the Showa era. While it can now be brewed year-round, seasonality is still associated...
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  • thwarted by the combined efforts of Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra. Subsequent Shōwa era films portrayed Ghidorah as the pawn of various alien races seeking to...
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    The chief cabinet secretary of Japan (内閣官房長官, Naikaku-kanbō-chōkan) is a member of the cabinet and is the leader and chief executive of the Cabinet Secretariat...
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    Meiji era (明治時代, Meiji jidai, [meꜜː(d)ʑi] ) was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the...
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  • Crisis Empire. Kamen Rider Black RX was the final show produced during the Shōwa era, with the franchise resuming production by the end of the 20th century...
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  • travels back-and-fourth between 1986 (Showa era) and 2024 (Reiwa era), where the man finds that his Shōwa-era way of being conflicts with contemporary...
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    customs, Hirohito was posthumously renamed "Emperor Shōwa" on 31 January 1989. Thus, 1989 corresponds to Shōwa 64 up until 7 January and Heisei 1 (平成元年, Heisei...
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    Akita (Japanese: 秋田市, Hepburn: Akita-shi) IPA: [aꜜki̥ta]; lit."Autumn field City") is the capital and most populous city of Akita Prefecture, Japan, and...
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  • Industrial production was a defining characteristic of Shōwa Japan. It originated from the country's attempt to be Westernized. Industrialization first...
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  • with a paulownia design which was seen as liberal at the time. Emperor Shōwa took the throne in 1926, and Japan was pushed into a militaristic regime...
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    2007. "Japan announces new ¥10,000, ¥5,000 and ¥1,000 bank notes as Reiwa Era looms". Japan Times. April 9, 2019. Archived from the original on November...
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    War Russo-Japanese War Late Modern Taishō era Japan during World War I 1923 Great Kantō earthquake Shōwa era Japan during World War II Mukden Incident...
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    Hama-Kawasaki ■ Tsurumi Line Main Line : - Musashi-Shiraishi - Hama-Kawasaki - Shōwa - Ōgimachi Ōkawa Branch : - Ōkawa ■ Yokosuka Line, Shōnan-Shinjuku Line...
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    The names of the three eras refer to the Japanese emperor during production: the Shōwa era, the Heisei era, and the Reiwa era. Since original 1965 film...
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    was Shōwa 63, the sixty-third year of the reign of Hirohito, the Shōwa Emperor. The accession of a new monarch is marked by the naming of a new era that...
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    Japan (redirect from Modern–era Japan)
    Emperor's Birthday on February 23, Vernal Equinox Day on March 20 or 21, Shōwa Day on April 29, Constitution Memorial Day on May 3, Greenery Day on May...
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    of honour, but was also practised by other Japanese people during the Shōwa era (particularly officers near the end of World War II) to restore honour...
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    Japan had three emperors: Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa. The Imperial era came to an end partway through Shōwa's reign, and he remained emperor until 1989. The...
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    Ultraman (section Showa era)
    The Ultra Series (Japanese: ウルトラシリーズ, Hepburn: Urutora Shirīzu), also known as Ultraman, is a Japanese science fiction media franchise owned and produced...
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  • Emperor. The selection was intended to "reflect the new taste of the new era". The nomination and voting process was sponsored by the Tokyo Nichi Nichi...
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    "tantamount to telling [children] to think of foreigners as oni". In the early Shōwa era, after Emperor Hirohito assumed the throne, Momotarō continued to be used...
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