Hirohito

Full name
	Hirohito (裕仁)

Hirohito / Emperor Shōwa
裕仁 / 昭和天皇
Hirohito / Emperor Shōwa; 裕仁 / 昭和天皇
Emperor o Japan
Ring	December 25, 1926 –; Januar 7, 1989
Enthronement	November 10, 1928
Predecessor	Taishō
Successor	Akihito
Prime Meenisters	See list Prewar period; Giichi Tanaka; Osachi Hamaguchi; Reijirō Wakatsuki; Tsuyoshi Inukai; Takahashi Korekiyo (acting); Makoto Saitō; Keisuke Okada; Kōki Hirota; Senjūrō Hayashi; Fumimaro Konoe; Kiichirō Hiranuma; Nobuyuki Abe; Mitsumasa Yonai; Fumimaro Konoe; Hideki Tōjō; Kuniaki Koiso; Kantarō Suzuki; Higashikuni Naruhiko ; Postwar period; Kijūrō Shidehara; Tetsu Katayama; Hitoshi Ashida; Shigeru Yoshida; Ichirō Hatoyama; Tanzan Ishibashi; Nobusuke Kishi; Hayato Ikeda; Eisaku Satō; Kakuei Tanaka; Takeo Miki; Takeo Fukuda; Masayoshi Ōhira; Masayoshi Itō (acting); Zenkō Suzuki; Yasuhiro Nakasone; Noboru Takeshita;
Born	29 Apryle 1901; Aoyama Palace, Tokyo, Japan
Dee'd	7 Januar 1989 (aged 87); Fukiage Palace, Tokyo, Japan
Buirial	Februar 24, 1989; Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan
Spouse	Empress Kōjun
Issue	Princess Teru; Princess Hisa; Princess Taka; Princess Yori; Emperor Akihito; Prince Hitachi; Princess Suga
Full name
	Hirohito (裕仁)
Hoose	Imperial Hoose o Japan
Faither	Taishō
Mither	Teimei
Seegnatur

Hirohito (裕仁?, Apryle 29, 1901 - Januar 7, 1989) wis the Emperor (天皇, tennō?) o Japan the noo, an the 124t Emperor accordin ti Japan's tradeetional order o succession. He wis succeedit bi his eldest son, Akihito. In Japan, he is nou referred tae primarily bi his posthumous name, Emperor Shōwa. The wird Shōwa is the name o the era that correspondit wi the Emperor's ring, an wis made the Emperor's awn name upon his daith. The name Hirohito means "abundant benevolence".

At the stairt o his ring, Japan wis awreidy ane o the great pouers—the nint-lairgest economy in the warld, the third-lairgest naval pouer, an ane o the fowr permanent members o the cooncil o the League o Naitions.^[1] He wis the heid o state unner the Constitution o the Empire o Japan in Japan's imperial expansion, militarisation, an involvement in Warld War II. Efter Japan's surrender o the war, he wis nae prosecutit for war crimes as mony ither leadin govrenment feegurs war, an his degree o involvement in wartime deceesions remeens controversial.^[2]

References

↑ Northedge, Frederick S. (1986). The League of Nations: Its Life and Times, 1920–1946. New York: Holmes & Meier. pp. 42–48. ISBN 978-0841910652.
↑ Yoshimi, Yoshiaki; Matsuno, Seiya (1997). Dokugasusen Kankei Shiryō II (毒ガス戦関係資料. II), Kaisetsu. Jugonen Sensō Gokuhi Shiryoshu (十五年戦争極秘資料集). Tōkyō: Fuji Shuppan. pp. 27–29.

[1] Northedge, Frederick S. (1986). The League of Nations: Its Life and Times, 1920–1946. New York: Holmes & Meier. pp. 42–48. ISBN 978-0841910652.

[matsuno2729-2] Yoshimi, Yoshiaki; Matsuno, Seiya (1997). Dokugasusen Kankei Shiryō II (毒ガス戦関係資料. II), Kaisetsu. Jugonen Sensō Gokuhi Shiryoshu (十五年戦争極秘資料集). Tōkyō: Fuji Shuppan. pp. 27–29.

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