Shōwa (Hirohito) | |
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Emperor of Japan GCB, GCVO | |
25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989 (62 years, 13 days) | |
Predecessor | Taishō |
Successor | Akihito |
Born | Tokyo | April 29, 1901
Died | January 7, 1989 Tokyo | (aged 87)
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Hirohito (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989) was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 25 December 1926, until his death on 7 January 1989. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Akihito. In Japan, reigning emperors are known simply as "the Emperor" and he is now referred to primarily by his posthumous name, Lua error in Module:Unicode_data at line 293: attempt to index local 'data_module' (a boolean value)..