Hirohito
(1901-1989)
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
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Hirohito (裕仁; 29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa (昭和天皇, Shōwa Tennō), was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. He remains Japan's longest-reigning emperor as well as one of the world's longest-reigning monarchs. As emperor during the Shōwa era, Hirohito oversaw the rise of Japanese militarism, Japan's expansionism in Asia, the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, and the postwar Japanese economic miracle.
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29 April 1901 Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan
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| Died |
7 January 1989 (aged 87) Chiyoda, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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Princess Mako of Akishino · Great-granddaughter · 1991- · Japanese princess; eldest child of Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan, and Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan
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