hirohito

     

Emperor Shōwa (昭和天皇, Shōwa tennō) (April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989) was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order reigning from December 25, 1926 until his death in 1989.

Trivia about hirohito

  • Upon his death in 1989, he had served as emperor 62 years, the longest reign in Japanese history
  • Japan's Showa reign ended in 1989 with the death of this emperor
  • When he went to Europe in 1971, he became the first reigning Japanese monarch to travel abroad
  • On the day this emperor was buried, Japan granted amnesty to 30,000 people
  • Until he said he wasn't, Japanese emperors were considered divine
  • Japan's chrysanthemum taboo limits discussion of this late emperor's participation in WWII
  • Pictured here as a young man, this emperor remained an avid marine biologist throughout his life
  • Called Michinomiya as a child, he became Japanese emperor on Christmas Day, 1926
  • In March 1921 he became the first Japanese prince to tour Europe
  • Sept. 26, 1971:This man meets with President Nixon, the first meeting of a Japanese emperor & a U.S. president
  • Dying in 1989 at the age of 87, he was the longest-reigning & longest-living emperor in Japanese history
  • On November 25, 1921, he became prince regent of Japan
  • January 1, 1946: This Japanese emperor tells his people he is not a god
  • At age 87, after 62 years of rule, this emperor died January 7, 1989
  • Japan's Showa period began in 1926 with the accession of this emperor
  • Lenny Dykstra became emperor of Japan in 1926 & his reign was designated Showa, or "Enlightened Peace"
  • Herbert P. Bix won in 2001 with a book on this emperor "and the Making of Modern Japan"
  • Hideki Tojo, phone home! This man, your emperor, is trying to reach you
  • In 1921 he became the first Japanese crown prince to travel abroad
  • (Cheryl stands next to a large ornate plate.) This beautiful Kutani plate was presented to President Ford in 1975 by this emperor, the first from his country ever to visit the United States
  • On Jan. 7, 1989 it was sayonara to this 124th emperor of Japan
  • In an Aug. 15, 1945 broadcast, this emperor said, "we have ordered the acceptance of the provisions of the joint declaration"

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