Empire of Japan
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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 | ||||||||||
• 1912–1926 | Taishō | ||||||||||
• 1926–1947 | Shōwa | ||||||||||
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• 1885–1888 (first) | Itō Hirobumi | ||||||||||
• 1946–1947 (last) | Shigeru Yoshida | ||||||||||
Legislature | None (rule by decree) (1868-1871) House of Peers (1871-1889) Imperial Diet (since 1889) | ||||||||||
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House of Representatives (from 1890) | |||||||||||
Historical era | Meiji • Taishō • Shōwa | ||||||||||
• | 3 January 1868 | ||||||||||
11 February 1889 | |||||||||||
25 July 1894 | |||||||||||
8 February 1904 | |||||||||||
23 August 1914 | |||||||||||
18 September 1931 | |||||||||||
7 July 1937 | |||||||||||
7 December 1941 | |||||||||||
2 September 1945 | |||||||||||
• | 3 May 1947 | ||||||||||
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• 1920 | 77,700,000a | ||||||||||
• 1940 | 105,200,000b | ||||||||||
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History of Japan |
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Tokyo Industrial Exhibition, 1907 |
Japanese Empire | |||||
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Literal meaning | Eastern Capital | ||||
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Kanji | 大日本帝国 | ||||
Hiragana | だいにっぽんていこく だいにほんていこく | ||||
Kyūjitai | 大日本帝國 | ||||
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The Empire of Japan (Japanese : 大日本帝國) (Manchu Standard Chinese : 大日本帝国) (Korean : 일본제국) (Russian : Японская Империя) also known as Imperial Japan was a historical Nation State and great power during the period from the Meiji Restoration to the Japanese defeat in World War II. It ruled the Home Islands of Japan and many other areas. The Emperors during this time, were Emperor Meiji (Mutsuhito),from 1868-1912 and Emperor Taishō (Yoshihito) from 1912-1926 and Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) from 1926-1989 . It is considered to go from the year 1868 to 1945. Hirohito was still emperor of Japan after the empire dissolved in 1947 . Hirohito was emperor of Japan until his death in 1989 .