Hirohito, the Glossary
Hirohito (29 April 19017 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989.[1]
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382 relations: Abdication of Edward VIII, Abrahamic religions, Adolf Hitler, Aide-de-camp to the Emperor of Japan, Akihito, Akira Fujiwara, Akira Yamada, Allies of World War II, Amaterasu, Anchorage, Alaska, Anglo-Japanese Alliance, Anti-Comintern Pact, Aoyama, Tokyo, Arahitogami, Arlington National Cemetery, Army Ministry, Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Atsuko Ikeda, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Axis powers, Bank of England, Bataan, Battle of Leyte, Battle of Leyte Gulf, Battle of Midway, Battle of Okinawa, Battle of Wuhan, Belgium, Benito Mussolini, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Bolsheviks, British Army, British Museum, British Raj, Buckingham Palace, Bungeishunjū, C-SPAN, Cairo, Central African Empire, Chiang Kai-shek, Chicago Tribune, Chinese Civil War, Chinese Communist Party, Chongqing, Civil control of the military, Cold War, Colombo, Commonwealth of the Philippines, Constitution of Japan, Constitutional monarchy, ... Expand index (332 more) »
- 20th-century Japanese monarchs
- 20th-century Japanese zoologists
- 20th-century Shintoists
- Children of Emperor Taishō
- Collars of the Order of the White Lion
- Deaths from small intestine cancer
- Fellows of the Royal Society (Statute 12)
- Japanese marine biologists
- Japanese people of World War II
- Japanese war criminals
- Military personnel from Tokyo
- People of Shōwa-period Japan
- Regents of Japan
- Sesshō and Kampaku
- Shōwa Statism
Abdication of Edward VIII
In early December 1936, a constitutional crisis in the British Empire arose when King Edward VIII proposed to marry Wallis Simpson, an American socialite who was divorced from her first husband and was in the process of divorcing her second.
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Abrahamic religions
The Abrahamic religions are a grouping of three of the major religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) together due to their historical coexistence and competition; it refers to Abraham, a figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible, the Christian Bible, and the Quran, and is used to show similarities between these religions and put them in contrast to Indian religions, Iranian religions, and the East Asian religions (though other religions and belief systems may refer to Abraham as well).
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. Hirohito and Adolf Hitler are world War II political leaders.
Aide-de-camp to the Emperor of Japan
In Japan, the is a special military official whose primary duties are to report military affairs to the Emperor and act as a close attendant (chamberlain).
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Akihito
Akihito (born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019. Hirohito and Akihito are 20th-century Japanese monarchs, 20th-century Shintoists, Collars of the Order of the White Lion, emperors of Japan, extra Knights Companion of the Garter, grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, Japanese Shintoists, knights Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain, Recipients of the Order of Culture, Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) and sons of Japanese emperors.
Akira Fujiwara
was a Japanese historian.
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Akira Yamada
was a Japanese scholar and philosopher of the West European Medieval philosophy.
Allies of World War II
The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers.
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Amaterasu
Amaterasu Ōmikami (天照大御神, 天照大神), often called Amaterasu for short, also known as Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (大日孁貴神), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology.
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage, officially the Municipality of Anchorage, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Alaska.
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Anglo-Japanese Alliance
The first was an alliance between Britain and Japan.
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Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact, officially the Agreement against the Communist International was an anti-Communist pact concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan on 25 November 1936 and was directed against the Communist International (Comintern).
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Aoyama, Tokyo
is one of the wealthiest neighborhoods of Tokyo, located in the northwest portion of Minato Ward.
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Arahitogami
is a Japanese word meaning a kami (or deity) who is a human being.
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is one of two cemeteries in the United States National Cemetery System that are maintained by the United States Army.
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Army Ministry
The, also known as the Ministry of War, was the cabinet-level ministry in the Empire of Japan charged with the administrative affairs of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA).
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Atsuko Ikeda
, formerly, is the fourth daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. Hirohito and Atsuko Ikeda are 20th-century Shintoists and Japanese Shintoists.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
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Axis powers
The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies. Hirohito and Axis powers are Shōwa Statism.
Bank of England
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based.
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Bataan
Bataan, officially the Province of Bataan (Lalawigan ng Bataan), is a province in the Central Luzon region of the Philippines.
Battle of Leyte
The Battle of Leyte (Labanan sa Leyte; Gubat ha Leyte; レイテの戦い) in the Pacific campaign of World War II was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines by American forces and Filipino guerrillas under the overall command of General Douglas MacArthur, who fought against the Imperial Japanese Army in the Philippines led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
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Battle of Leyte Gulf
The Battle of Leyte Gulf (Filipino: Labanan sa Golpo ng Leyte) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved.
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Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a major naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place 4–7 June 1942, six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea.
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Battle of Okinawa
The, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Battle of Wuhan
The Battle of Wuhan, popularly known to the Chinese as the Defence of Wuhan, and to the Japanese as the Capture of Wuhan, was a large-scale battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian dictator who founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF). Hirohito and Benito Mussolini are Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) and world War II political leaders.
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Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society
The Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society is an academic journal on the history of science published annually by the Royal Society.
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Bolsheviks
The Bolsheviks (italic,; from большинство,, 'majority'), led by Vladimir Lenin, were a far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (RSDLP) which split with the Mensheviks at the Second Party Congress in 1903.
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.
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British Raj
The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
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Bungeishunjū
is a Japanese publishing company known for its leading monthly magazine Bungeishunjū.
C-SPAN
Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN) is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a nonprofit public service.
Cairo
Cairo (al-Qāhirah) is the capital of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, being home to more than 10 million people.
Central African Empire
The Central African Empire (Empire centrafricain) was established on 4 December 1976 when the then-President of the Central African Republic, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, declared himself Emperor of Central Africa.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 18875 April 1975) was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and military commander. Hirohito and Chiang Kai-shek are honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and world War II political leaders.
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Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.
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Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a communist victory and control of mainland China.
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Chinese Communist Party
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), officially the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the founding and sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Chongqing
Chongqing is a municipality in Southwestern China.
Civil control of the military
Civil control of the military is a doctrine in military and political science that places ultimate responsibility for a country's strategic decision-making in the hands of the state's civil authority, rather than completely with professional military leadership itself.
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Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Colombo
Colombo (translit,; translit) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population.
Commonwealth of the Philippines
The Commonwealth of the Philippines (Mancomunidad de Filipinas; Komonwelt ng Pilipinas) was an unincorporated territory and commonwealth of the United States that existed from 1935 to 1946.
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Constitution of Japan
The Constitution of Japan (Shinjitai:, Kyūjitai:, Hepburn) is the constitution of Japan and the supreme law in the state.
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Constitutional monarchy
Constitutional monarchy, also known as limited monarchy, parliamentary monarchy or democratic monarchy, is a form of monarchy in which the monarch exercises their authority in accordance with a constitution and is not alone in making decisions.
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Cordell Hull
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871July 23, 1955) was an American politician from Tennessee and the longest-serving U.S. Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years (1933–1944) in the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt during most of World War II. Hirohito and Cordell Hull are world War II political leaders.
Coup d'état
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership.
Crown prince
A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy.
Culture of Japan
The culture of Japan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world.
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Daisuke Nanba
Daisuke Nanba (難波 大助, Nanba Daisuke, November 7, 1899 – November 15, 1924) was a Japanese student and member of the Japanese Communist Party who tried to assassinate the Crown Prince Regent Hirohito in the Toranomon incident on December 27, 1923.
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Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private Ivy League research university in Hanover, New Hampshire.
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David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1922.
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Death and state funeral of Hirohito
Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa), the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, died on 7 January 1989 at the Fukiage Palace in Chiyoda, Tokyo, at the age of 87, after suffering from intestinal cancer for some time.
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Den Kenjirō
Baron was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister in the pre-war government of the Empire of Japan.
Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
Disneyland
Disneyland is a theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California.
Double entendre
A double entendre (plural double entendres) is a figure of speech or a particular way of wording that is devised to have a double meaning, one of which is typically obvious, and the other often conveys a message that would be too socially unacceptable, or offensive to state directly.
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Doubleday (publisher)
Doubleday is an American publishing company.
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Douglas DC-8
The Douglas DC-8 (sometimes McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an early long-range narrow-body jetliner designed and produced by the American Douglas Aircraft Company.
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur (26 January 18805 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army. Hirohito and Douglas MacArthur are honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers.
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Duodenal cancer
Duodenal cancer is a cancer in the first section of the small intestine known as the duodenum.
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East Asia
East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front
The was a Japanese New Left terrorist organization that existed from 1972 to 1975.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.
Edward VIII
Edward VIII (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David; 23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972), later known as the Duke of Windsor, was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Empire, and Emperor of India, from 20 January 1936 until his abdication in December of the same year. Hirohito and Edward VIII are British field marshals and knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain.
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 19268 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until her death in 2022.
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Elmendorf Air Force Base is a United States Air Force (USAF) facility in Anchorage, Alaska.
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Emperor Fushimi
was the 92nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Hirohito and emperor Fushimi are emperors of Japan and sons of Japanese emperors.
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Emperor Go-Murakami
(1328 – March 29, 1368) was the 97th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, and a member of the Southern Court during the Nanboku-chō period of rival courts. Hirohito and emperor Go-Murakami are emperors of Japan and sons of Japanese emperors.
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Emperor Go-Toba
was the 82nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Hirohito and emperor Go-Toba are emperors of Japan and sons of Japanese emperors.
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Emperor Meiji
Mutsuhito (3 November 185230 July 1912), posthumously honored as Emperor Meiji, was the 122nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Hirohito and emperor Meiji are 20th-century Japanese monarchs, emperors of Japan, extra Knights Companion of the Garter, knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain, Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers and sons of Japanese emperors.
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Emperor of Central Africa
Emperor of Central Africa (Empereur de Centrafrique) was the title used by Jean-Bédel Bokassa from 4 December 1976, who was crowned on 4 December 1977 in a lavish ceremony that was estimated to cost the Central African Empire US$20 million (equivalent to $ million in). Although nominally a constitutional monarch, in practice Bokassa ruled with absolute power.
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Emperor of Japan
The emperor of Japan is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan. Hirohito and emperor of Japan are emperors of Japan.
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Emperor Taishō
Yoshihito (31 August 1879 – 25 December 1926), posthumously honored as Emperor Taishō, was the 123rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1912 until his death in 1926. Hirohito and emperor Taishō are 20th-century Japanese monarchs, 20th-century Shintoists, emperors of Japan, extra Knights Companion of the Garter, Japanese Shintoists, knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain, Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) and sons of Japanese emperors.
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Emperor Tenji
, known first as and later as until his accession, was the 38th emperor of Japan who reigned from 668 to 671. Hirohito and emperor Tenji are emperors of Japan and sons of Japanese emperors.
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Emperor Yōzei
was the 57th emperor of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession. Hirohito and emperor Yōzei are emperors of Japan.
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Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.
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Empress Jitō
was the 41st monarch of Japan,Imperial Household Agency (Kunaichō): according to the traditional order of succession.
Empress Michiko
is a member of the Imperial House of Japan. Hirohito and Empress Michiko are 20th-century Shintoists, grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Japanese Shintoists and Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland).
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Empress Nagako
Nagako (6 March 190316 June 2000), posthumously honoured as Empress Kōjun, was a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the wife of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. Hirohito and Empress Nagako are grand Crosses Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and nobility from Tokyo.
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Empress Teimei
, posthumously honoured as, was the wife of Emperor Taishō and the mother of Emperor Shōwa of Japan. Hirohito and Empress Teimei are 20th-century Shintoists and Japanese Shintoists.
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Enthronement of the Japanese emperor
is an ancient ceremony that marks the accession of a new emperor to Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne, the world's oldest continuous hereditary monarchy.
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False flag
A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party.
February 26 incident
The was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan on 26 February 1936.
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Field marshal (United Kingdom)
Field marshal (FM) has been the highest rank in the British Army since 1736. Hirohito and Field marshal (United Kingdom) are British field marshals.
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Figurehead
In politics, a figurehead is a practice of who de jure (in name or by law) appears to hold an important and often supremely powerful title or office, yet de facto (in reality) exercises little to no actual power.
First Lady of the United States
First Lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office.
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Forty-seven rōnin
The revenge of the, also known as the or Akō vendetta, is a historical event in Japan in which a band of rōnin (lordless samurai) avenged the death of their master on 31 January 1703.
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France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. Hirohito and Franklin D. Roosevelt are world War II political leaders.
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Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein
Franz Joseph II (Franz Josef Maria Alois Alfred Karl Johannes Heinrich Michael Georg Ignaz Benediktus Gerhardus Majella; 16 August 1906 – 13 November 1989) was the reigning Prince of Liechtenstein from 25 July 1938 until his death in November 1989. Hirohito and Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein are world War II political leaders.
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French Indochina
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), officially known as the Indochinese Union and after 1946 as the French Union, was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of Guangzhouwan (from 1898 until 1945), and the Vietnamese regions of Tonkin in the north, Annam in the centre, and Cochinchina in the south.
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French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.
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Fukiage Palace
The is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan, located in the Fukiage Garden on the grounds of the Tokyo Imperial Palace. .
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Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
is the younger brother and heir presumptive of the Emperor of Japan, Naruhito, and the younger son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko. Hirohito and Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan are 20th-century Shintoists, Japanese Shintoists and sons of Japanese emperors.
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Fumimaro Konoe
was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1937 to 1939 and from 1940 to 1941. Hirohito and Fumimaro Konoe are Japanese people of World War II, Japanese war criminals and Shōwa Statism.
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Gakushūin
The, or, historically known as the Peers' School, is a Japanese educational institution in Tokyo, originally established as Gakushūjo to educate the children of Japan's nobility.
Gary J. Bass
Gary Jonathan Bass is an American author and academic.
General (United Kingdom)
General (or full general to distinguish it from the lower general officer ranks) is the highest rank achievable by serving officers of the British Army.
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Genrō
was an unofficial designation given to certain retired elder Japanese statesmen who served as informal extraconstitutional advisors to the emperor, during the Meiji, Taishō, and early Shōwa eras in Japanese history.
George V
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Hirohito and George V are British field marshals.
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gibraltar
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory and city located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula, on the Bay of Gibraltar, near the exit of the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean (Strait of Gibraltar).
Gozen Kaigi
In the Empire of Japan, an (literally, a conference before the emperor) was an extraconstitutional conference on foreign matters of grave national importance that was convened by the government in the presence of the Emperor.
Greek royal family
The currently deposed Greek royal family (Βασιλική Οικογένεια της Ελλάδος) was the ruling family of the Kingdom of Greece from 1863 to 1924 and again from 1935 to 1973.
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Grenade
A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.
Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal (indigenous name: Isatabu) is the principal island in Guadalcanal Province of Solomon Islands, located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia. It is the largest island in the Solomons by area and the second-largest by population (after Malaita). The island is mainly covered in dense tropical rainforest and has a mountainous hinterland.
Hachiōji
is a city located in the western portion of the Tokyo Metropolis, Japan.
Hajime Sugiyama
was a Japanese field marshal and one of Japan's military leaders for most of the Second World War.
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Hanako, Princess Hitachi
(born; 19 July 1940), is a member of the Japanese Imperial Family as the wife of Masahito, Prince Hitachi, who is the younger son of Emperor Shōwa and the only brother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito.
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Head of state
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona of a sovereign state.
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Heir apparent
An heir apparent (heiress apparent) or simply heir is a person who is first in an order of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting by the birth of another person.
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Heisei era
The was the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Emeritus Akihito from 8 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019.
Henri Bernard (magistrate)
Henri Bernard (8 October 1899 – 15 February 1986) was a French lawyer and judge.
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Henry L. Stimson
Henry Lewis Stimson (September 21, 1867 – October 20, 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer, and Republican Party politician.
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Herbert P. Bix
Herbert P. Bix (born 1938) is an American historian.
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Hideki Tojo
was a Japanese politician, military leader and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan and president of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association from 1941 to 1944 during World War II. Hirohito and Hideki Tojo are Shōwa Statism and world War II political leaders.
Hirohito surrender broadcast
The Hirohito surrender broadcast, also known as the Jewel Voice Broadcast (Broadcast of the Emperor's Voice), was a radio broadcast of surrender given by Hirohito, the emperor of Japan, on August 15, 1945.
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Hiroshima
is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan.
Hisanori Fujita
was a Japanese admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, court official and Shinto priest. Hirohito and Hisanori Fujita are Japanese people of World War II.
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Hitoshi Motoshima
was a Japanese politician.
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
Honorary degree
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.
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House of Romanov
The House of Romanov (also transliterated as Romanoff; Romanovy) was the reigning imperial house of Russia from 1613 to 1917.
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House of Savoy
The House of Savoy (Casa Savoia) is an Italian royal house (formally a dynasty) that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region.
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Hua Guofeng
Hua Guofeng (born Su Zhu; 16 February 1921 – 20 August 2008) was a Chinese politician who served as Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and Premier of China.
Hull note
The Hull note, officially the Outline of Proposed Basis for Agreement Between the United States and Japan, was the final proposal delivered to the Empire of Japan by the United States of America before the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941) and the Japanese declaration of war (seven and a half hours after the attack began).
Humanity Declaration
The is an imperial rescript issued by Hirohito, the emperor of Japan, as part of a New Year's statement on 1 January 1946 at the request of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers.
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Hydrozoa
Hydrozoa (hydrozoans) is a taxonomic class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most of which inhabit saline water.
Imperial General Headquarters
The was part of the Supreme War Council and was established in 1893 to coordinate efforts between the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Japanese Navy during wartime.
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Imperial Guard (Japan)
The Imperial Guard of Japan has been two separate organizations dedicated to protection of the Emperor of Japan and the Imperial Family, palaces and other imperial properties.
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Imperial House of Japan
The is the dynasty and imperial family of Japan, consisting of those members of the extended family of the reigning emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Hirohito and imperial House of Japan are nobility from Tokyo.
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Imperial Household Agency
The (IHA) is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and the keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan.
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Imperial Household Law
is a Japanese law that governs the line of imperial succession, the membership of the imperial family, and several other matters pertaining to the administration of the Imperial Household.
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Imperial Japanese Army
The (IJA) was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan.
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Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國海軍 Shinjitai: 大日本帝国海軍 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or 日本海軍 Nippon Kaigun, 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender in World War II.
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Imperial Regalia of Japan
The are the imperial regalia of Japan and consist of the sword, the mirror, and the jewel.
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Imperial Way Faction
The Kōdōha or was a political faction in the Imperial Japanese Army active in the 1920s and 1930s. Hirohito and Imperial Way Faction are Shōwa Statism.
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International Military Tribunal for the Far East
The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on 29 April 1946 to try leaders of the Empire of Japan for their crimes against peace, conventional war crimes, and crimes against humanity, leading up to and during the Second World War.
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Inukai Tsuyoshi
Inukai Tsuyoshi (犬養 毅, 4 June 1855 – 15 May 1932) was a Japanese statesman who was prime minister of Japan from 1931 to his assassination in 1932.
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Investiture
Investiture (from the Latin preposition in and verb vestire, "dress" from vestis "robe") is a formal installation or ceremony that a person undergoes, often related to membership in Christian religious institutes as well as Christian knighthoods or damehoods, in addition to government offices.
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution (انقلاب ایران), also known as the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Revolution (label), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, as the monarchical government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel factions.
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Iwane Matsui
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and the commander of the expeditionary force sent to China in 1937.
Japan Airlines
Japan Airlines (JAL) is the flag carrier of Japan.
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Japan during World War II
Japan participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis and encapsulates a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan, marked by significant military campaigns and geopolitical maneuvers across the Asia-Pacific region.
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Japan–United States relations
International relations between Japan and the United States began in the late 18th and early 19th century with the diplomatic but force-backed missions of U.S. ship captains James Glynn and Matthew C. Perry to the Tokugawa shogunate.
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Japanese battleship Katori
was the lead ship of the two pre-dreadnought battleships built in the first decade of the 20th century, the last to be built by British shipyards for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN).
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Japanese Communist Party
The is a communist party in Japan.
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Japanese era name
The or, is the first of the two elements that identify years in the Japanese era calendar scheme.
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Japanese militarism
was the ideology in the Empire of Japan which advocated the belief that militarism should dominate the political and social life of the nation, and the belief that the strength of the military is equal to the strength of a nation. Hirohito and Japanese militarism are Shōwa Statism.
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Japanese nationalism
is a form of nationalism that asserts the belief that the Japanese are a monolithic nation with a single immutable culture, and promotes the cultural unity of the Japanese.
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Japanese war crimes
During its imperial era, the Empire of Japan committed numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity across various Asian-Pacific nations, notably during the Second Sino-Japanese and Pacific Wars. Hirohito and Japanese war crimes are Shōwa Statism.
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Jean-Bédel Bokassa
Jean-Bédel Bokassa (22 February 1921 – 3 November 1996) was a Central African political and military leader.
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Jinnō Shōtōki
is a Japanese historical book written by Kitabatake Chikafusa.
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John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl
John George Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl, (15 December 1871 – 16 March 1942), styled Marquess of Tullibardine until 1917, was a British soldier and Unionist politician.
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John W. Dower
John W. Dower (born June 21, 1938, in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American author and historian.
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Joseph Robson Tanner
Joseph Robson Tanner (28 July 1860 – 15 January 1931) was an English historian, an expert on Samuel Pepys, author of numerous publications and Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.
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Journal of Contemporary History
The Journal of Contemporary History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of history in all parts of the world since 1930.
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Jurist
A jurist is a person with expert knowledge of law; someone who analyzes and comments on law.
Kantarō Suzuki
Baron was a Japanese admiral and politician.
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Kantō Massacre
The was a mass murder in the Kantō region of Japan committed in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake.
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Kawamura Sumiyoshi
Count, was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Kazuko Takatsukasa
, formerly, was the third daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. Hirohito and Kazuko Takatsukasa are 20th-century Shintoists and Japanese Shintoists.
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Kōichi Kido
Marquess (July 18, 1889 – April 6, 1977) was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to Emperor Hirohito throughout World War II.
Keelung
Keelung (Hokkien: Ke-lâng), Chilung or Jilong, officially known as Keelung City, is a major port city situated in the northeastern part of Taiwan.
Kingdom of Italy
The Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.
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Kokutai
is a concept in the Japanese language translatable as "system of government", "sovereignty", "national identity, essence and character", "national polity; body politic; national entity; basis for the Emperor's sovereignty; Japanese constitution" or nation. Hirohito and Kokutai are Shōwa Statism.
Korean independence movement
The Korean independence movement was a series of diplomatic and militant efforts to liberate Korea from Japanese rule.
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Kuniaki Koiso
was a Japanese politician, military leader and convicted war criminal who served as prime minister of Japan from 1944 to 1945 during World War II. Hirohito and Kuniaki Koiso are world War II political leaders.
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Kuomintang
The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially based on the Chinese mainland and then in Taiwan since 1949.
Kyūjō incident
The was an attempted military coup d'état in the Empire of Japan at the end of the Second World War.
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League of Nations
The League of Nations (LN or LoN; Société des Nations, SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.
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Lee Bong-chang
Lee Bong-chang (August 10, 1900 – October 10, 1932) was a Korean independence activist.
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Lehigh University
Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania.
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Leopold von Ranke
Leopold von Ranke (21 December 1795 – 23 May 1886) was a German historian and a founder of modern source-based history.
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List of fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1971
Fellows of the Royal Society elected in 1971.
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List of longest-reigning monarchs
This is a list of the longest-reigning monarchs of all time, detailing the monarchs and lifelong leaders who have reigned the longest in world history, ranked by length of reign.
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List of territories acquired by the Empire of Japan
This is a list of regions occupied or annexed by the Empire of Japan until 1945, the year of the end of World War II in Asia, after the surrender of Japan.
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Literature
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems.
Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's of London, generally known simply as Lloyd's, is an insurance and reinsurance market located in London, United Kingdom.
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Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan
The was an administrative post not of Cabinet rank in the government of the Empire of Japan, responsible for being a direct, personal advisor to the emperor, and keeping the Privy Seal of Japan and State Seal of Japan among other things.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Loss of China
In American political discourse, the "loss of China" is the unexpected Chinese Communist Party coming to power in mainland China from the U.S.-backed Nationalist Chinese Kuomintang government in 1949 and therefore the "loss of China to communism.".
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Malayan campaign
The Malayan campaign, referred to by Japanese sources as the, was a military campaign fought by Allied and Axis forces in Malaya, from 8 December 1941 – 15 February 1942 during the Second World War.
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Malta
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea.
Manchester University Press
Manchester University Press is the university press of the University of Manchester, England and a publisher of academic books and journals.
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Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong (26 December 1893 – 9 September 1976), also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Mark Felton
Mark Felton (born 1974) is an English author, historian, and YouTuber.
Masahito, Prince Hitachi
is a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the younger brother of Emperor emeritus Akihito and the paternal uncle of Emperor Naruhito. Hirohito and Masahito, Prince Hitachi are sons of Japanese emperors.
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Meiji Constitution
The Constitution of the Empire of Japan (Kyūjitai: 大日本帝國憲法; Shinjitai: 大日本帝国憲法), known informally as the Meiji Constitution (明治憲法, Meiji Kenpō), was the constitution of the Empire of Japan which was proclaimed on February 11, 1889, and remained in force between November 29, 1890, and May 2, 1947.
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Michio Yuzawa
was a bureaucrat and cabinet minister in early Shōwa period Japan.
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Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is an American cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.
Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)
The is a member of the cabinet of Japan and is the leader and chief executive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Monarchies in Europe
In the European history, monarchy was the prevalent form of government throughout the Middle Ages, only occasionally competing with communalism, notably in the case of the maritime republics and the Swiss Confederacy.
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Monarchy of Liechtenstein
The monarchy of Liechtenstein is the constitutional form of government by which a hereditary sovereign reigns as the head of state of Liechtenstein.
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Monotheism
Monotheism is the belief that one god is the only deity.
Morihiro Higashikuni
, formerly was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was a member of a cadet line of the Japanese imperial family, grandson of Emperor Meiji and husband of Shigeko Higashikuni, eldest daughter of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Kōjun. Hirohito and Morihiro Higashikuni are military personnel from Tokyo.
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Mukden incident
The Mukden incident was a false flag event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
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Musashi Imperial Graveyard
is a mausoleum complex of the Japanese Emperors in Nagabusa-machi, Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan.
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Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.
Myth
Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society.
Naha
is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.
Naming taboo
A naming taboo is a cultural taboo against speaking or writing the given names of exalted persons, notably in China and within the Chinese cultural sphere.
Nanjing Massacre
The Nanjing Massacre or the Rape of Nanjing (formerly romanized as Nanking) was the mass murder of Chinese civilians in Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, immediately after the Battle of Nanking and the retreat of the National Revolutionary Army in the Second Sino-Japanese War, by the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Naruhito
Naruhito (born 23 February 1960) is Emperor of Japan. Hirohito and Naruhito are 20th-century Shintoists, emperors of Japan, Japanese Shintoists and sons of Japanese emperors.
National Diet
The is the national legislature of Japan.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
New Guinea
New Guinea (Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Papua, fossilized Nugini, or historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island, with an area of.
Newsweek
Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.
Nip
Nip is an ethnic slur against people of Japanese descent and origin.
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Noboru Takeshita
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1987 to 1989 during the bubble economy.
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Nobuhiko Ushiba
was a Japanese diplomat who served as Ambassador to Canada from 1961 to 1964, Ambassador to the United States from 1970 to 1973, and as Minister of State for External Economic Affairs from 1977 to 1979. Hirohito and Nobuhiko Ushiba are Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers.
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Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu
was the third son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako) and a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito). Hirohito and Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu are children of Emperor Taishō and sons of Japanese emperors.
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Nogi Maresuke
Count, also known as Kiten, Count Nogi GCB (December 25, 1849September 13, 1912), was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese Army and a governor-general of Taiwan. Hirohito and Nogi Maresuke are honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, military personnel from Tokyo and Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers.
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Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.
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Numazu
is a city located in eastern Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Occupation of Japan
Japan was occupied and administered by the Allies of World War II from the surrender of the Empire of Japan on September 2, 1945, at the war's end until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect on April 28, 1952.
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Order of Charles III
The Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III, originally Royal and Much Distinguished Order of Charles III (Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III, originally Real y Muy Distinguida Orden de Carlos III; Abbr.: OC3) is a knighthood and one of the three preeminent orders of merit bestowed by the Kingdom of Spain, alongside the Order of Isabella the Catholic (established in 1815) and the Order of Civil Merit (established in 1926).
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Order of Culture
The is a Japanese order, established on February 11, 1937. Hirohito and order of Culture are Recipients of the Order of Culture.
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Order of Leopold (Belgium)
The Order of Leopold (Leopoldsorde, Ordre de Léopold) is one of the three current Belgian national honorary orders of knighthood.
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Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or Bundesverdienstorden, BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany.
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Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
The Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana) is the most senior Italian order of merit.
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Order of Ojaswi Rajanya
The Most Glorious Order of Ojaswi Rajanya (Ojaswi Rajanyako Manapadvi) was an order of knighthood of Nepal.
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Order of Saints George and Constantine
The Royal Family Order of Saints George and Constantine (Vasilikon Oikogeneiakon Tagma Agion Georgiou kai Konstantinou) was an order of the Greek royal family.
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Order of Sikatuna
The Order of Sikatuna (Orden ng Sikatuna) is the national order of diplomatic merit of the Republic of the Philippines.
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Order of Solomon
The Imperial Order of Solomon was an order of knighthood of the Ethiopian Empire founded in 1874.
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Order of St. Andrew
The Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (translit) is the highest order conferred by both the Russian Imperial Family (as an Order of Knighthood) and by the Russian Federation (as a state order).
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Order of St. Olav
The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or Sanct Olafs Orden, the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847.
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Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by King George I on 18 May 1725.
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Order of the Chrysanthemum
is Japan's highest order.
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Order of the Crown of the Realm
The Most Exalted Order of the Crown of the Realm (Darjah Utama Seri Mahkota Negara) is a Malaysian federal award.
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Order of the Elephant
The Order of the Elephant (Elefantordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry and is Denmark's highest-ranked honour.
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Order of the Garter
The Most Noble Order of the Garter is an order of chivalry founded by Edward III of England in 1348.
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Order of the Golden Fleece
The Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece (Insigne Orden del Toisón de Oro, Orden vom Goldenen Vlies) is a Catholic order of chivalry founded in Bruges by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in 1430, to celebrate his marriage to Isabella of Portugal.
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Order of the Rajamitrabhorn
The Most Auspicious Order of the Rajamitrabhorn (เครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นมงคลยิ่งราชมิตราภรณ์) is the highest royal order of Thailand.
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Order of the Redeemer
The Order of the Redeemer (translit), also known as the Order of the Saviour, is an order of merit of Greece.
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Order of the Royal House of Chakri
The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri (เครื่องขัตติยราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติคุณรุ่งเรืองยิ่งมหาจักรีบรมราชวงศ์) was founded in 1882 by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) of the Kingdom of Siam (now Thailand) to commemorate the Bangkok Centennial.
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Order of the Seraphim
The Royal Order of the Seraphim (Kungliga Serafimerorden; Seraphim being a category of angels) is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Polar Star.
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Order of the Southern Cross
The National Order of the Southern Cross (Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul.) is a Brazilian order of chivalry founded by Emperor Pedro I on 1 December 1822.
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Order of the White Eagle (Poland)
The Order of the White Eagle (Order Orła Białego) is the highest order of merit of the Republic of Poland and one of the oldest distinctions in the world still in use.
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Order of the White Lion
The Order of the White Lion (Řád Bílého lva) is the highest order of the Czech Republic.
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Order of the White Rose of Finland
The Order of the White Rose of Finland (Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ritarikunta; Finlands Vita Ros’ orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty, and the Order of the Lion of Finland.
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Order of the Yugoslav Star
The Order of the Yugoslav Star was the highest national order of merit awarded in Yugoslavia.
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Osami Nagano
was a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy and one of the leaders of Japan's military during most of the Second World War.
Oxford Music Hall
Oxford Music Hall was a music hall located in Westminster, London at the corner of Oxford Street and Tottenham Court Road.
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Pacific War
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania.
Pancreas
The pancreas is an organ of the digestive system and endocrine system of vertebrates.
Pat Nixon
Thelma Catherine "Pat" Nixon (March 16, 1912 – June 22, 1993) was the First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974 as the wife of President Richard Nixon.
Peter Jennings
Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings (July 29, 1938August 7, 2005) was a Canadian-American television journalist, best known for serving as the sole anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 1983 until his death from lung cancer in 2005.
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Phosgene
Phosgene is an organic chemical compound with the formula.
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.
Posthumous name
A posthumous name is an honorary name given mainly to revered dead people in East Asian culture.
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Postwar Japan
Postwar Japan is the period in Japanese history beginning with the surrender of Japan to the Allies of World War II on 2 September 1945, and lasting at least until the end of the Shōwa era in 1989.
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Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration, or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender, was a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.
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Presidency of Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman's tenure as the 33rd president of the United States began on April 12, 1945, upon the death of president Franklin D. Roosevelt, and ended on January 20, 1953.
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President of the United States
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.
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Prime Minister of Japan
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government and the highest political position of Japan.
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Prince Arthur of Connaught
Prince Arthur of Connaught (Arthur Frederick Patrick Albert; 13 January 1883 – 12 September 1938) was a British military officer and a grandson of Queen Victoria.
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Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
was a scion of the Japanese imperial family and was a career naval officer who served as chief of staff of the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1932 to 1941. Hirohito and Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu are honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, military personnel from Tokyo and nobility from Tokyo.
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Prince Kan'in Kotohito
was the sixth head of a cadet branch of the Japanese imperial family, and a career army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff from 1931 to 1940. Hirohito and Prince Kan'in Kotohito are Japanese Shintoists, Japanese people of World War II and Japanese war criminals.
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Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi
was a member of the Japanese imperial family and a field marshal in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Meiji and Taishō periods. Hirohito and Prince Kuni Kuniyoshi are honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order and Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers.
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Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
was a Japanese imperial prince, a career officer in the Imperial Japanese Army and the 30th Prime Minister of Japan from 17 August 1945 to 9 October 1945, a period of 54 days. Hirohito and prince Naruhiko Higashikuni are Japanese war criminals.
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Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda
was the second and last heir of the Takeda-no-miya collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family. Hirohito and Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda are Japanese war criminals.
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Prince Yasuhiko Asaka
was the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese invasion of China and the Second World War.
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Private Eye
Private Eye is a British fortnightly satirical and current affairs news magazine, founded in 1961.
Puppet state
A puppet state, puppet régime, puppet government or dummy government is a state that is de jure independent but de facto completely dependent upon an outside power and subject to its orders.
Radhabinod Pal
Radhabinod Pal (27 January 1886 – 10 January 1967) was an Indian jurist who was a member of the United Nations' International Law Commission from 1952 to 1966.
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RCC Broadcasting
RCC Broadcasting Company (株式会社中国放送 Kabushiki Gaisha Chugoku Hoso; later name: RCC) is a Japanese broadcaster which serves the Hiroshima region.
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Regent
In a monarchy, a regent is a person appointed to govern a state for the time being because the actual monarch is a minor, absent, incapacitated or unable to discharge their powers and duties, or the throne is vacant and a new monarch has not yet been determined.
Regular army
A regular army is the official army of a state or country (the official armed forces), contrasting with irregular forces, such as volunteer irregular militias, private armies, mercenaries, etc.
Republic of China (1912–1949)
The Republic of China (ROC), or simply China, as a sovereign state was based on mainland China from 1912 to 1949, when the government retreated to Taiwan, where it continues to be based.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th president of the United States from 1969 to 1974.
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Royal Naval War College
The Royal Naval War College was a training establishment for senior officers of the Royal Navy that existed from 1900 to 1914.
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Royal Order of Pouono
The Royal Order of Pouono is the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Tonga.
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Royal Victorian Order
The Royal Victorian Order (Ordre royal de Victoria) is a dynastic order of knighthood established in 1896 by Queen Victoria.
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Saburō Hyakutake
Saburō Hyakutake (百武三郎) (June 3, 1872 – October 30, 1963) was an Imperial Japanese Navy admiral.
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Sachiko, Princess Hisa
was the second daughter and child of Emperor Shōwa and his wife, Empress Kōjun.
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Saionji Kinmochi
Prince was a Japanese politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1906 to 1908 and from 1911 to 1912.
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Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean.
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Sakuradamon incident (1932)
The Sakuradamon incident was an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Japanese Emperor Hirohito on January 8, 1932, at the gate Sakuradamon in Tokyo, Empire of Japan.
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Samurai
were soldiers who served as retainers to lords (including ''daimyo'') in Feudal Japan.
Sayako Kuroda
, formerly, is the youngest child and only daughter of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, and the younger sister of the current Emperor of Japan, Naruhito. Hirohito and Sayako Kuroda are 20th-century Japanese zoologists, 20th-century Shintoists and Japanese Shintoists.
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Scorched earth
A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and destruction of water, food, humans, animals, plants and any kind of tools and infrastructure.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931.
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Seikijuku
is a far right Japanese imperialist group based in Nagasaki Prefecture, founded in 1981.
Seishirō Itagaki
was a Japanese military officer and politician who served as a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and War Minister from 1938 to 1939.
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Sesshō and Kampaku
In Japan, was a regent who was named to act on behalf of either a child emperor before his coming of age, or an empress regnant. Hirohito and Sesshō and Kampaku are regents of Japan.
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Shōwa era
The was the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Shōwa (commonly known in English as Emperor Hirohito) from December 25, 1926, until his death on January 7, 1989.
Shōwa financial crisis
The was a financial panic in 1927, during the first year of the reign of Emperor Hirohito of Japan, and was a foretaste of the Great Depression.
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Shigeko Higashikuni
, born, was the wife of Prince Morihiro Higashikuni (grandson of Emperor Meiji) and eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun.
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Shigenori Tōgō
was Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Empire of Japan at both the start and the end of the Axis–Allied conflict during World War II. Hirohito and Shigenori Tōgō are Japanese people of World War II and world War II political leaders.
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Shigeru Honjō
General Baron was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the early period of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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Shigeru Yoshida
was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1946 to 1947 and from 1948 to 1954, serving through most of the American occupation following the Pacific War.
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Shigetarō Shimada
was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. Hirohito and Shigetarō Shimada are military personnel from Tokyo.
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Shikata ga nai
,, is a Japanese language phrase meaning "it cannot be helped" or "nothing can be done about it".
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Shinjuku Gyo-en
or Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden is a large public garden in Shinjuku and Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan.
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Shinto
Shinto is a religion originating in Japan.
Shirō Ishii
Surgeon General was a Japanese microbiologist and army medical officer who was the director of Unit 731, a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army. Hirohito and Shirō Ishii are Japanese war criminals.
Shizuoka Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu.
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Singapore
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands, also known simply as the Solomons,John Prados, Islands of Destiny, Dutton Caliber, 2012, p,20 and passim is a country consisting of 21 major islands Guadalcanal, Malaita, Makira, Santa Isabel, Choiseul, New Georgia, Kolombangara, Rennell, Vella Lavella, Vangunu, Nendo, Maramasike, Rendova, Shortland, San Jorge, Banie, Ranongga, Pavuvu, Nggela Pile and Nggela Sule, Tetepare, (which are bigger in area than 100 square kilometres) and over 900 smaller islands in Melanesia, part of Oceania, to the northeast of Australia.
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Solomonic dynasty
The Solomonic dynasty, also known as the House of Solomon, was the ruling dynasty of the Ethiopian Empire from the thirteenth to twentieth centuries.
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South-East Asian theatre of World War II
The South-East Asian Theatre of World War II consisted of the campaigns of the Pacific War in the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Indochina, Burma, India, Malaya and Singapore between 1941 and 1945.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Suez
Suez (as-Suways) is a seaport city (population of about 700,000) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, and is the capital of the Suez Governorate.
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
The was the title held by General Douglas MacArthur during the United States-led Allied occupation of Japan following World War II.
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Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
The Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunziata) is a Roman Catholic order of chivalry, originating in Savoy.
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Surrender of Japan
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.
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Susan Chira
Susan Deborah Chira (born May 18, 1958, in Manhattan) is an American journalist.
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
Taishō era
The was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō.
Taiwan under Japanese rule
The island of Taiwan, together with the Penghu Islands, became an annexed territory of Japan in 1895, when the Qing dynasty ceded Fujian-Taiwan Province in the Treaty of Shimonoseki after the Japanese victory in the First Sino-Japanese War.
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Takahito, Prince Mikasa
was a Japanese prince, the youngest of the four sons of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako). Hirohito and Takahito, Prince Mikasa are children of Emperor Taishō and sons of Japanese emperors.
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Takako Shimazu
, born, is a former member of the Imperial House of Japan. Hirohito and Takako Shimazu are 20th-century Shintoists and Japanese Shintoists.
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Takanawa Residence
The is an Imperial residence in Tokyo.
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Takeo Fukuda
was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1976 to 1978.
The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The National Archives (United Kingdom)
The National Archives (TNA; Yr Archifau Cenedlaethol) is a non-ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Nikkei
The Nikkei, also known as, is the flagship publication of Nikkei, Inc. (based in Tokyo) and the world's largest financial newspaper, with a daily circulation exceeding 1.73 million copies.
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Three Alls policy
The Three Alls policy (三光作戦 Sankō Sakusen) was a Japanese scorched earth policy adopted in China during World War II, the three "alls" being "kill all, burn all, loot all".
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Timothy Brook
Timothy James Brook (Chinese name: 卜正民; born January 6, 1951) is a Canadian historian, sinologist, and writer specializing in the study of China (sinology).
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Todd Brewster
Todd Brewster is an American author, journalist, and film producer.
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Tokyo
Tokyo (東京), officially the Tokyo Metropolis (label), is the capital of Japan and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of over 14 million residents as of 2023 and the second-most-populated capital in the world.
Tokyo Imperial Palace
The is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan.
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Toranomon incident
The was an assassination attempt on Regent Hirohito of Japan on 27 December 1923 by Japanese communist Daisuke Nanba.
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Toshimichi Takatsukasa
, son of Prince Nobusuke, was a Japanese researcher of railways and trains.
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Toshio Shiratori
was the Japanese ambassador to Italy from 1938 to 1940, adviser to the Japanese foreign minister in 1940, and one of the 14 Class-A war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni Shrine.
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Tower of London
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England.
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Tripartite Pact
The Tripartite Pact, also known as the Berlin Pact, was an agreement between Germany, Italy, and Japan signed in Berlin on 27 September 1940 by, respectively, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Galeazzo Ciano, and Saburō Kurusu (in that order) and in the presence of Adolf Hitler.
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Tulagi
Tulagi, less commonly known as Tulaghi, is a small island in Solomon Islands, just off the south coast of Ngella Sule.
Unconditional surrender
An unconditional surrender is a surrender in which no guarantees, reassurances, or promises (i.e., conditions) are given to the surrendering party.
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Unit 731
, short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment and the Ishii Unit, was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) and World War II.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland.
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United States Secretary of State
The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government and the head of the Department of State.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.
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University of Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh (University o Edinburgh, Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England.
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Vatican City
Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (Stato della Città del Vaticano; Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked sovereign country, city-state, microstate, and enclave within Rome, Italy.
Veto
A veto is a legal power to unilaterally stop an official action.
Victor Emmanuel III
Victor Emmanuel III (11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947), born Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia, was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. Hirohito and Victor Emmanuel III are Collars of the Order of the White Lion, extra Knights Companion of the Garter, knights of the Golden Fleece of Spain, Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) and world War II political leaders.
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War crime
A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian property, deception by perfidy, wartime sexual violence, pillaging, and for any individual that is part of the command structure who orders any attempt to committing mass killings including genocide or ethnic cleansing, the granting of no quarter despite surrender, the conscription of children in the military and flouting the legal distinctions of proportionality and military necessity.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.
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Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
Westchester County, New York
Westchester County is a county located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of New York, bordering the Long Island Sound to its east and the Hudson River on its west.
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Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe.
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Western world
The Western world, also known as the West, primarily refers to various nations and states in the regions of Australasia, Western Europe, and Northern America; with some debate as to whether those in Eastern Europe and Latin America also constitute the West.
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White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.
William Webb (judge)
Sir William Flood Webb (21 January 1887 – 11 August 1972) was an Australian lawyer.
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Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg is an independent city in Virginia, United States.
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Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
Yamagata Aritomo
Gensui Prince also known as Prince Yamagata Kyōsuke, was a Japanese statesman and military commander who was twice-elected Prime Minister of Japan, and a leading member of the genrō, an élite group of senior statesmen who dominated Japanese politics after the Meiji Restoration. Hirohito and Yamagata Aritomo are Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers.
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Yanagiwara Naruko
Yanagiwara Naruko (Japanese: 柳原愛子), also known as Sawarabi no Tsubone (26 June 1859 – 16 October 1943), was a Japanese lady-in-waiting of the Imperial House of Japan.
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Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
was the second son of Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) and Empress Teimei (Sadako), a younger brother of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. Hirohito and Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu are children of Emperor Taishō, honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, military personnel from Tokyo and sons of Japanese emperors.
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Yasukuni Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Chiyoda, Tokyo.
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Yōsuke Matsuoka
was a Japanese diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. Hirohito and Yōsuke Matsuoka are world War II political leaders.
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Yokohama
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and by area, and the country's most populous municipality.
Yomiuri Shimbun
The is a Japanese newspaper published in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and other major Japanese cities.
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York University
York University (Université York), also known as YorkU or simply YU, is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Yoshiaki Yoshimi
is a professor of Japanese modern history at Chuo University in Tokyo, Japan.
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Yoshijirō Umezu
(January 4, 1882 – January 8, 1949) was a Japanese general in World War II and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of the conflict.
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Yoshimichi Hara
Yoshimichi Hara (原嘉道) (February 18, 1867 – August 7, 1944) was a Japanese statesman and the president of the Japanese privy council during World War II, from June 1940 until his death.
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Yoshiyuki Kawashima
was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army and Army Minister in the 1930s.
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YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
Yunnan
Yunnan is an inland province in Southwestern China.
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
The also known in Japanese as struck the Kantō Plain on the main Japanese island of Honshū at 11:58:32 JST (02:58:32 UTC) on Saturday, September 1, 1923.
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See also
20th-century Japanese monarchs
- Akihito
- Emperor Meiji
- Emperor Taishō
- Hirohito
20th-century Japanese zoologists
- Hirofumi Yamashita
- Hirohito
- Hiromichi Kono
- Hiroshi Inoue (entomologist)
- Hisashi Abe
- Iwao Taki
- Jinhaku Sonan
- Junichiro Itani
- Kamakichi Kishinouye
- Katsuma Dan
- Katsura Ōyama
- Katsuzo Kuronuma
- Kikutaro Baba
- Kinji Imanishi
- Kiyomatsu Matsubara
- Kyukichi Kishida
- Madoka Sasaki
- Masamitsu Ōshima
- Masao Kawai
- Masauji Hachisuka
- Masayo Kato
- Nagahisa Kuroda
- Nagamichi Kuroda
- Orii Hyōjirō
- Ryoichi Takahashi
- Ryuichi Matsuda
- Sakae Tamura (nature photographer)
- Satyu Yamaguti
- Sayako Kuroda
- Shintarō Hirase
- Takashi Shirozu
- Takasi Tokioka
- Tatsuo Utagawa
- Teiso Esaki
- Tokiharu Abe
- Tokubei Kuroda
- Tsunamitsu Adachi
- Yaichirō Okada
- Yasunori Miyoshi
- Yoshimaro Yamashina
- Yoshinori Imaizumi
- Yoshio Abe
20th-century Shintoists
- Akihito
- Alfonso Falero
- Atsuko Ikeda
- Emperor Taishō
- Empress Masako
- Empress Michiko
- Empress Teimei
- Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan
- Fusako Kitashirakawa
- Hirohito
- Jun Etō
- Kazuko Takatsukasa
- Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan
- Kōnosuke Matsushita
- Naruhito
- Onisaburo Deguchi
- Prince Nashimoto Morimasa
- Princess Kako of Akishino
- Princess Masako Takeda
- Princess Nobuko Asaka
- Sayako Kuroda
- Takako Shimazu
- Thomas Baty
- Toshiko Higashikuni
- Toyotarō Yūki
- Tsutomu Hata
Children of Emperor Taishō
Collars of the Order of the White Lion
- Ahmed Sékou Touré
- Akihito
- Albert I of Belgium
- Aleksandar Vučić
- Aleksander Kwaśniewski
- Alexander I of Yugoslavia
- Alfonso XIII
- Andrzej Duda
- Christian X of Denmark
- Ezer Weizman
- Farouk of Egypt
- François Mitterrand
- Gabriel Terra
- Gamal Abdel Nasser
- Gustaf V
- Hafez al-Assad
- Heinz Fischer
- Henryk Jabłoński
- Hirohito
- Jacques Chirac
- Johannes Rau
- Joseph Stalin
- Kim Il Sung
- Kārlis Ulmanis
- Lech Kaczyński
- Lennart Meri
- Leopold III of Belgium
- List of titles and honours of Elizabeth II
- List of titles and honours of Juan Carlos I
- Mengistu Haile Mariam
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Mohammad Zahir Shah
- Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
- Peter II of Yugoslavia
- Prince Paul of Yugoslavia
- Reza Shah
- Sukarno
- Todor Zhivkov
- Václav Havel
- Victor Emmanuel III
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy
- Walter Ulbricht
- Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
- Wojciech Jaruzelski
- Yasser Arafat
- Yuri Andropov
Deaths from small intestine cancer
- Asashio Tarō IV
- Catherine Itzin
- Charles Krauthammer
- Don Stanley (announcer)
- Fritz Leiber
- H. P. Lovecraft
- Hirohito
- Kenichi Hagiwara
- Mars Williams
- Sumiteru Taniguchi
Fellows of the Royal Society (Statute 12)
- Éamon de Valera
- Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone
- Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett
- David Attenborough
- David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford
- Donald Smith, 1st Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal
- Edgar Vincent, 1st Viscount D'Abernon
- Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
- Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh
- Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton
- G. M. Trevelyan
- H. A. L. Fisher
- H. H. Asquith
- Harold Macmillan
- Harold Wilson
- Henry Wellcome
- Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford
- Hirohito
- Hugh Percy, 10th Duke of Northumberland
- Isaac Wolfson
- James George Frazer
- Jan Smuts
- John Anderson, 1st Viscount Waverley
- John D. Rockefeller Jr.
- John Palmer, 4th Earl of Selborne
- Karl Popper
- Lord Mountbatten
- Margaret Gowing
- Margaret Thatcher
- Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey
- Mortimer Wheeler
- Neville Chamberlain
- Otto Beit
- Peter Scott
- Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone
- Ramsay MacDonald
- Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
- Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 5th Marquess of Salisbury
- Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield
- Rupert Guinness, 2nd Earl of Iveagh
- Sir Richard Gregory, 1st Baronet
- Stanley Baldwin
- Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire
- Vivian Fuchs
- Walter Elliot (Scottish politician)
- William Morris, 1st Viscount Nuffield
- William Symington McCormick
Japanese marine biologists
- Hirohito
- Kamakichi Kishinouye
- Kikutaro Baba
- Kiyomatsu Matsubara
- Takasi Tokioka
- Tokubei Kuroda
- Yu Yokoya
Japanese people of World War II
- Aiichirō Fujiyama
- Chiune Sugihara
- Fumimaro Konoe
- Hachirō Arita
- Haruo Oka
- Hibakusha
- Hiranuma Kiichirō
- Hirohito
- Hisanori Fujita
- Isao Okazaki
- Kenkichi Yoshizawa
- Kinoaki Matsuo
- Kiyoshi Tanimoto
- Koko Kondo
- Mamoru Shigemitsu
- Minoru Wada
- Naoki Hoshino
- Nobusuke Kishi
- Okinori Kaya
- P. Y. Saeki
- Prince Kan'in Kotohito
- Saburō Kurusu
- Saichiro Misumi
- Saitō Takao (politician)
- Seiko Fujita
- Shigenori Tōgō
- Shunkichi Kikuchi
- Shunsaku Kudō
- Shōzō Murata
- Tatsuo Kawai
- Tatsuo Osako
- Tokyo Rose
- Toshikazu Kase
- Yōsuke Yamahata
Japanese war criminals
- Akira Makino
- Fumimaro Konoe
- Hirohito
- Hisaichi Terauchi
- Ken Yuasa
- Masahiko Amakasu
- Masaji Kitano
- Mutsuhiro Watanabe
- Prince Kan'in Kotohito
- Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni
- Prince Tsuneyoshi Takeda
- Shirō Ishii
- Shizuichi Tanaka
- Tatsuji Suga
- Tetsuzan Nagata
- Yamaji Motoharu
- Yasuji Okamura
- Yoshimura Hisato
- Yoshio Kodaira
- Yoshio Shinozuka
- Ōyama Iwao
Military personnel from Tokyo
- Colin Gubbins
- David Leach (potter)
- Eiichi Funada
- Eizo Yamada
- Harry Fusao O'Hara
- Hirohito
- Hisaichi Terauchi
- Jirō Nangō
- Katō Sadakichi
- Koreshige Inuzuka
- Michitaro Tozuka
- Morihiro Higashikuni
- Morio Matsudaira
- Nagata Yasujirō
- Nogi Maresuke
- Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu
- Prince Kuni Asaakira
- Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa
- Rokuzō Sugiyama
- Sadao Araki
- Sano Tsuneha
- Seiichi Kuno
- Shigetarō Shimada
- Tadashi Kaneko
- Tamon Yamaguchi
- Tomoshige Samejima
- Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu
- Yasuji Okamura
- Yoshihide Yoshida
- Yoshio Shiga
People of Shōwa-period Japan
- Ayako Sano
- Chiyo Okumura
- Hako Yamasaki
- Hibari Misora
- Hideki Saijo
- Hirohito
- Hiromi Go
- Hitomi Soga
- Inejirō Asanuma
- Kinjirō Ashiwara
- Kinsan Ginsan
- Kiyokata Kaburagi
- Kojima Gyokuhō
- Masakatsu Morita
- Megumi Yokota
- Noriko Sakai
- Osamu Tezuka
- Ryū Saitō
- Sayoko Yamaguchi
- Seiko Matsuda
- Shinsui Itō
- Shuntaro Hida
- Tatekawa Danshi
- Tetsuro Watsuji
- Yaeko Taguchi
- Yasuko Endō
- Yoshinori Sakai
- Yui Asaka
- Yukiko Okada
- Yukio Araki
- Yukio Mishima
Regents of Japan
- Empress Jingū
- Fujiwara no Kaneie
- Fujiwara no Kanemichi
- Fujiwara no Korechika
- Fujiwara no Koretada
- Fujiwara no Michikane
- Fujiwara no Michinaga
- Fujiwara no Michitaka
- Fujiwara no Morotada
- Fujiwara no Morozane
- Fujiwara no Mototsune
- Fujiwara no Saneyori
- Fujiwara no Tadahira
- Fujiwara no Tadamichi
- Fujiwara no Tadazane
- Fujiwara no Toyonari
- Fujiwara no Yorimichi
- Fujiwara no Yoritada
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa
- Hirohito
- Hōjō Sadaaki
- Hōjō Sadatoki
- Hōjō Takatoki
- Hōjō Tokimasa
- Hōjō Tokimune
- Hōjō Tokiyori
- Hōjō Yasutoki
- Hōjō Yoshitoki
- Kujō Hisatada
- Prince Shōtoku
- Sessei
- Sesshō and Kampaku
- Shikken
Sesshō and Kampaku
- Fujiwara no Michinaga
- Fujiwara no Moromichi
- Fujiwara no Morozane
- Fujiwara no Mototsune
- Fujiwara no Tadamichi
- Fujiwara no Tadazane
- Fujiwara no Yorimichi
- Fujiwara no Yoshifusa
- Hirohito
- Matsudono Motofusa
- Prince Shōtoku
- Sesshō and Kampaku
- Toyotomi Hidetsugu
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Shōwa Statism
- Antisemitism in Japan
- Axis powers
- Fumimaro Konoe
- Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
- Hakkō ichiu
- Hideki Tojo
- Hirohito
- Imperial Rule Assistance Association
- Imperial Rule Assistance Political Association
- Imperial Way Faction
- Inejirō Asanuma
- Japanese militarism
- Japanese war crimes
- Kokumin Dōmei
- Kokutai
- Nanjing Massacre denial
- Pan-Asianism
- Reform bureaucrats
- Sadao Araki
- Seigō Nakano
- Shakai Taishūtō
- Shūmei Ōkawa
- State Shinto
- Statism in Shōwa Japan
- Subhas Chandra Bose
- Tōhōkai
- Yukio Mishima
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirohito
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