Japanese emperor ww2
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Hirohito: The Early Years
Hirohito, the eldest son of Crown Prince Yoshihito, was born on April 29, 1901, within the confines of the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo. According to custom, imperial family members were not raised by their parents. Instead, Hirohito spent his early years in the care of first a retired vice-admiral and then an imperial attendant. From age 7 to 19, Hirohito attended schools set up for the children of nobility. He received rigorous instruction in military and religious matters, along with other subjects such as math and physics. In 1921, Hirohito and a 34-man entourage traveled to Western Europe for a six-month tour; it was the first time a Japanese crown prince had ever gone abroad.
Did you know? Hirohito’s son Akihito, the current emperor of Japan, broke with 1,500 years of tradition by marrying a commoner in 1959.
Upon his return to Japan, Hirohito became regent for his chronically ill father and assumed the duties of emperor. In September 1923, an earthquake struck the Tokyo area, killing about 100,000 people and destroying 63 percent of the city’s ho
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Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
This article is about the emperor of Japan. For other uses, see Hirohito (disambiguation).
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| Reign | 25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989 | ||||
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| Enthronement | 10 November 1928 | ||||
| Predecessor | Taishō | ||||
| Successor | Akihito | ||||
| Regency | 25 November 1921 – 25 December 1926 | ||||
| Monarch | Taishō | ||||
| Born | Hirohito, Prince Michi (迪宮裕仁親王) (1901-04-29)29 April 1901 Tōgū Palace, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Died | 7 January 1989(1989-01-07) (aged 87) Fukiage Palace, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Burial | 24 February 1989 Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Emperor Taishō | ||||
| Mother | Sadako Kujō | ||||
| Religion | Shinto | ||||
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Hirohito[a] (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa,[b] was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.
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Emperor Hirohito
Hirohito (1901-1989), known posthumously as Emperor Shōwa, was emperor of Japan during World War II and is Japan’s longest-serving monarch in history.
BACKGROUND
Hirohito was born in Tokyo during the Meiji Period to the son of the reigning emperor. His father ascended the throne in 1912. In 1921, Hirohito visited Europe; a first for a crown prince of Japan. He was married in 1924 and became emperor in 1926 (after serving as regent for his father).
The emperor was regarded by many as a divine figure according to the traditions of Buddhist and Shinto sects in Japan. In this same tradition, the Japanese nation and race were divinely chosen and protected. The divinity of the emperor was a key component of the concept of the “imperial way,” or kodo, an ideology comparable to manifest destiny in the United States. Kodo promoted subordination of individual citizens to the state and encouraged imperialist expansion. Hirohito’s government advocated this philosophy throughout the period leading up to World War II and this ideology was pervasive throughout
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