Shōwa era

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

## Related pages

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

## Other websites

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

|Shōwa|1st|2nd|3rd|4th|5th|6th|7th|8th|9th|10th|11th|12th|13th|14th|15th|16th|17th|18th|19th|20th|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||1926|1927|1928|1929|1930|1931|1932|1933|1934|1935|1936|1937|1938|1939|1940|1941|1942|1943|1944|1945|
|Shōwa|21st|22nd|23rd|24th|25th|26th|27th|28th|29th|30th|31th|32th|33th|34th|35th|36th|37th|38th|39th|40th|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||1946|1947|1948|1949|1950|1951|1952|1953|1954|1955|1956|1957|1958|1959|1960|1961|1962|1963|1964|1965|
|Shōwa|41st|42nd|43rd|44th|45th|46th|47th|48th|49th|50th|51th|52th|53th|54th|55th|56th|57th|58th|59th|60th|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||1966|1967|1968|1969|1970|1971|1972|1973|1974|1975|1976|1977|1978|1979|1980|1981|1982|1983|1984|1985|
|Shōwa|61st|62nd|63rd|64th|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||1986|1987|1988|1989|