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.

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
 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 Minister
 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 Minister
 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

Related pages
 100 Landscapes of Japan (Shōwa period)
 List of emperors of Japan
 Japanese era name

References

Other websites 

 National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Japanese eras
1926 establishments in Asia
1920s establishments in Japan
1989 disestablishments
20th-century disestablishments in Japan
1980s disestablishments in Asia