The Shōwa era (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, [ɕoːwadʑidai] ) is an historical period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (commonly known...
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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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Hirohito (redirect from Emperor Shōwa of Japan)
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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Nobusuke Kishi (redirect from Monster of the Shōwa era)
Northeast China in the 1930s, Kishi was nicknamed the "Monster of the Shōwa era" (昭和の妖怪; Shōwa no yōkai). Kishi later served in the wartime cabinet of Prime Minister...
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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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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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contraction Shōwa 2 (1927) First Shandong troops First Nanking Incident Shōwa 3 (1928) Second Shandong troops Jinan Incident Zhang Zuolin bombing case Shōwa 5 (1930)...
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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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He was 47 years old and succeeded by his eldest son, Hirohito, Emperor Shōwa. The funeral was held at night (February 7 to February 8, 1927) and consisted...
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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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of Manchukuo Order of the Chrysanthemum Mon (emblem) "皇室儀制令(1926(Taisho Era 15)皇室令第7号)" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 9, 2007....
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government for Japan. The Charter Oath would later be cited by Emperor Shōwa in the Humanity Declaration as support for the imposed changes in Japanese...
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late Edo period (often called the Bakumatsu) and the beginning of the Meiji era, during which time Japan rapidly industrialized and adopted Western ideas...
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The Shōwa Kenkyūkai (昭和研究会, Shōwa Research Association) was a political think tank in the pre-war Empire of Japan. The Shōwa Kenkyūkai was established...
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Empire of Japan (redirect from Japanese Imperial era)
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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The Shōwa Financial Crisis (昭和金融恐慌, Shōwa Kin'yū Kyōkō) was a financial panic in 1927, during the first year of the reign of Emperor Hirohito of Japan...
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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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Almost eighty years later, in the wake of the Second World War, Emperor Shōwa paid homage to the Oath and reaffirmed it as the basis of "national polity"...
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McCurry, Justin (1 May 2019). "Japan welcomes new emperor Naruhito as Reiwa era begins". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 May 2019. Oscar Holland & Chie Kobayashi...
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growth during The First World War but this ended in the early 1920s with the Shōwa financial crisis. Social unrest increased with the growing polarization...
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with the 14th Mixed Brigade of the IJA 7th Division.[when?] During this era, the elected government could be held hostage by the Army and Navy, since...
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early Shōwa era during the interwar period. As Japan — victorious from World War I, and the only developed nation in Asia — entered the Shōwa era in 1926...
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Showa Day (昭和の日, Shōwa no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan held on April 29. It honors the birthday of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito), the reigning emperor from...
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