Title: Shōwa period Content: The , also known as the Shōwa era, was a after Taishō and before Heisei. This period started on December 25, 1926 and ended on January 7, 1989. During this time, the emperor was , also known as The nengō Shōwa means "Brilliant Harmony" This was the longest period or era in Japanese new history. ==Events of the Shōwa period== The years in which Shōwa was the Japanese monarch comprise this period or era. GlobalSecurity.org, Japanese years. Retrieved 2012-12-15. World War II was an important part of the era. * 1979 (Shōwa 54): 5th G7 summit in Tokyo * 1986 (Shōwa 61): 12th G7 summit in Tokyo ==Politics== * 1926 (Shōwa 1): Emperor Taishō died; and Wakatsuki Reijirō was the Prime Minister during the time of transition. * 1927 (Shōwa 2): Tanaka Giichi became 26th Prime Minister * 1929 (Shōwa 4): Osachi Hamaguchi became 27th Prime Minister * 1931 (Shōwa 6): Wakatsuki became 28th Prime Minister Prime Minister of Japan and Cabinet (Kantei), 1st-30th (1885-1934). Retrieved 2011-12-15. * 1931 (Shōwa 6): Inukai Tsuyoshi became 29th Prime Minister * 1932 (Shōwa 7): Saitō Makoto became 30th Prime Minister * 1934 (Shōwa 9): Keisuke Okada became 31st Prime Minister * 1936 (Shōwa 11): Koki Hirota became 32nd Prime Minister * 1937 (Shōwa 12): Senjuro Hayashi became 33rd Prime Minister * 1937 (Shōwa 12): Fumimaro Konoe became 34th Prime Minister * 1939 (Shōwa 14): Hiranuma Kiichirō became 35th Prime Minister * 1939 (Shōwa 14): Nobuyuki Abe became 36th Prime Minister * 1940 (Shōwa 15): Mitsumasa Yonai became 37th Prime Minister * 1940 (Shōwa 15): Konoe became 38th Prime MinisterKantei, 31st-60th (1834-1964). Retrieved 2011-12-15. * 1941 (Shōwa 16): Konoe became 39th Prime Minister * 1941 (Shōwa 16): Hideki Tojo became 40th Prime Minister * 1944 (Shōwa 19): Kuniaki Koiso became 41st Prime Minister * 1945 (Shōwa 20): Kantaro Suzuki became 42nd Prime Minister * 1945 (Shōwa 21): Naruhiko Higashikuni became 43rd Prime Minister * 1945 (Shōwa 21): Kijuro Shidehara became 44th Prime Minister * 1946 (Shōwa 22): Shigeru Yoshida became 45th Prime Minister * 1947 (Shōwa 23): Tetsu Katayama became 46th Prime Minister * 1948 (Shōwa 24): Hitoshi Ashida became 47th Prime Minister * 1948 (Shōwa 24): Yoshida became 48th Prime Minister * 1949 (Shōwa 25): Yoshida became 49th Prime Minister * 1952 (Shōwa 27): Yoshida became 50th Prime Minister * 1953 (Shōwa 28): Yoshida became 51st Prime Minister * 1954 (Shōwa 29): Ichiro Hatoyama became 52nd Prime Minister * 1955 (Shōwa 30): Hatoyama became 53rd Prime Minister * 1955 (Shōwa 30): Hatoyama became 54th Prime Minister * 1956 (Shōwa 31): Tanzan Ishibashi became 55th Prime Minister * 1957 (Shōwa 32): Nobusuke Kishi became 56th Prime Minister * 1958 (Shōwa 33): Kishi became 57th Prime Minister * 1960 (Shōwa 35): Hayato Ikeda became 58th Prime Minister * 1960 (Shōwa 35): Ikeda became 59th Prime Minister * 1963 (Shōwa 38): Ikeda became 60th Prime Minister * 1964 (Shōwa 39): Eisaku Sato became 61st Prime Minister * 1967 (Shōwa 42): Sato became 62nd Prime MinisterKantei, 61st-90th (1964-2007). Retrieved 2011-12-15. * 1970 (Shōwa 45): Sato became 63rd Prime Minister * 1972 (Shōwa 47): Kakuei Tanaka became 64th Prime Minister * 1972 (Shōwa 47): Tanaka became 65th Prime Minister * 1974 (Shōwa 49): Takeo Miki became 66th Prime Minister * 1976 (Shōwa 51): Takeo Fukuda became 67th Prime Minister * 1978 (Shōwa 53): Masayoshi Ohira became 68th Prime Minister * 1979 (Shōwa 54): Ohira became 69th Prime Minister * 1980 (Shōwa 55): Zenko Suzuki became 70th Prime Minister * 1982 (Shōwa 57): Yasuhiro Nakasone became 71st Prime Minister * 1983 (Shōwa 58): Nakasone became 72nd Prime Minister * 1986 (Shōwa 61): Nakasone became 73rd Prime Minister * 1987 (Shōwa 62): Noboru Takeshita became 74th Prime Minister ==Gallery== File:1928 Japanese General Election Poster.JPG|1928 general election poster File:Yoshida signs San Francisco Peace Treaty.jpg|Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signs the Treaty of San Francisco in September 1951 File:Tokio 1964 coin.jpg|Special coin minted for the 1964 Summer Olympic Games ==Related pages== * 100 Landscapes of Japan (Shōwa period) * List of emperors of Japan * Japanese era name