Hirohito, posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was the longest-reigning Japanese emperor and one of the world's longest-reigning monarchs, reigning for 62 years during the Shōwa era, which saw Japan's militarization and imperial expansion in Asia, involvement in the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II, and economic recovery and boom.
Yamamoto Gonbee, also called Gonnohyōe, was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy and twice Prime Minister of Japan from 1913 to 1914 and again from 1923 to 1924.
Count Kiyoura Keigo was a Japanese politician. He was the Prime Minister of Japan in 1924, during the period which historians have called the "Taishō Democracy".
Hamaguchi Osachi was a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1929 to 1931. Nicknamed the "Lion Prime Minister" due to his dignified demeanor and mane-like hair, Hamaguchi served as leading member of the liberal Rikken Minseitō during the "Taishō democracy" of interwar Japan. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1915 until his death. He initially survived an assassination attempt by a right-wing extremist in 1930, but died about nine months later from a bacterial infection in his unhealed wounds.
Inukai Tsuyoshi was a Japanese statesman who was prime minister of Japan from 1931 to his assassination in 1932. At the age of 76, Inukai was Japan's second oldest serving prime minister, after Kantarō Suzuki whose term ended at the age of 77.
Kiichirō Hiranuma was a Japanese lawyer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan in 1939.
The Taishō era was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō. The new emperor was a sickly man, which prompted the shift in political power from the old oligarchic group of elder statesmen to the Imperial Diet of Japan and the democratic parties. Thus, the era is considered the time of the liberal movement known as Taishō Democracy; it is usually distinguished from the preceding chaotic Meiji era and the following militaristic-driven first part of the Shōwa era.
MarquessKōichi Kido was a Japanese statesman who served as Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan from 1940 to 1945, and was the closest advisor to Emperor Hirohito throughout World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment, of which he served 6 years before being released in 1953.
Daisuke Nanba was a Japanese student and member of the Japanese Communist Party who tried to assassinate the Crown Prince Regent Hirohito in the Toranomon incident on December 27, 1923.
Count Makino Nobuaki, also Makino Shinken, was a Japanese politician and imperial court official. As Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, Makino served as Emperor Hirohito's chief counselor on the monarch's position in Japanese society and policymaking.
Fumio Gotō ) was a Japanese politician and bureaucrat, and briefly served as interim Prime Minister of Japan in 1936.
The Sakuradamon incident was an unsuccessful assassination attempt against Japanese Emperor Hirohito on January 8, 1932, at the gate Sakuradamon in Tokyo, Empire of Japan.
Toranomon (虎ノ門) is a business district of Minato, Tokyo.
Yoshihito, posthumously honored as Emperor Taishō, was the 123rd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1912 until his death in 1926. His reign, known as the Taishō era, was characterized by a liberal and democratic shift in domestic political power, known as Taishō Democracy. Yoshihito also oversaw Japan's participation in the First World War from 1914 to 1918, the Spanish flu pandemic, and the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923.
Mizuno Rentarō was a statesman, politician and cabinet minister in Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan.
Hideki Tojo was a Japanese politician and military leader who served as prime minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944, during World War II. His leadership was marked by widespread state violence perpetrated in the name of Japanese nationalism, and after the war he was convicted as a war criminal and executed. Tojo's legacy remains firmly intertwined with the Empire of Japan's wars of aggression and numerous atrocities.
Events in the year 1923 in Japan. It corresponds to Taishō 12 (大正12年) in the Japanese calendar.
Political dissidence in the Empire of Japan covers individual Japanese dissidents against the policies of the Empire of Japan.
Anti-monarchism in Japan or anti-Emperor system was a minor force during the twentieth century.
During the 1920s and '30s, there were three known assassination attempts on Hirohito, the Emperor of Japan. The assailants were all either Korean or Japanese. Assassination attempts on Hirohito took place throughout his reign as prince regent, and Emperor of Japan. All of their attempts failed. All four would-be assassins were sentenced to death, though one was granted amnesty and eventually released, and one committed suicide in prison.
