Hirohito: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Shōwa • Kinjō • Michinomiya Hirohito
Born April 29, 1901 • Tokyo • Japan
Died January 7, 1989 (aged 87) • Tokyo • Japan
Title / Office emperor (1926-1989), Japan • Emperor of Japan (1926-1989), Japan
Notable Family Members son Akihito
Role In Shōwa period • World War II

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Yamamoto Isoroku.
Yamamoto Isoroku
Japanese naval officer
Konoe Fumimaro.
Konoe Fumimaro
prime minister of Japan
Tōjō Hideki
Tōjō Hideki
prime minister of Japan
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Ōkawa Shūmei
Japanese political theorist and writer
Ugaki Kazushige.
Ugaki Kazushige
Japanese statesman
Nagano Osami
Nagano Osami
Japanese admiral
Araki Sadao.
Araki Sadao
Japanese general and statesman
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Homma Masaharu
Japanese general
Shigemitsu Mamoru
Shigemitsu Mamoru
Japanese diplomat
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Yamashita Tomoyuki
Japanese general
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Higashikuni Naruhiko
prime minister of Japan
Koiso Kuniaki
Koiso Kuniaki
prime minister of Japan
Suzuki Kantarō
Danshaku Suzuki Kantarō
prime minister of Japan
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Genda Minoru
Japanese naval officer
Douglas MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
United States general
Wang Ching-wei, 1941
Wang Ching-wei
Chinese revolutionary
Iva Toguri d'Aquino, known as Tokyo Rose, sits with her hands folded in her lap, wearing a collared shirt and vest, looking toward the camera.
Iva Toguri D’Aquino
American broadcaster
McCloy, John J.
John J. McCloy
American diplomat
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Keith Park
New Zealand military officer
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Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
United States military officer