Empire of Japan - 大日本帝國
- Dai Nippon Teikoku or Dai Nihon Teikoku
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The Empire of Japan at its peak in 1942: |
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Official languages | Japanese |
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Government | Unitary parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy (1889–1947) (de jure) Unitary divine theocratic absolute monarchy (de facto) |
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• 1868–1912 | Meiji |
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• 1912–1926 | Taishō |
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• 1926–1947 | Shōwa |
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• 1885–1888 (first) | Itō Hirobumi |
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• 1946–1947 (last) | Shigeru Yoshida |
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Legislature | None (rule by decree) (1868-1871) House of Peers (1871-1889) Imperial Diet (since 1889) |
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| House of Peers (1889-1947) |
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| House of Representatives (from 1890) |
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Historical era | Meiji • Taishō • Shōwa |
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• | 3 January 1868 |
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| 11 February 1889 |
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| 25 July 1894 |
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| 8 February 1904 |
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| 23 August 1914 |
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| 18 September 1931 |
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| 7 July 1937 |
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| 7 December 1941 |
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| 2 September 1945 |
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• | 3 May 1947 |
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1938 | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
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1942 | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
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• 1920 | 77,700,000a |
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• 1940 | 105,200,000b |
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