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  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 .
* **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
* **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
* **1955** (*Shōwa 30*): Hatoyama became 53rd Prime Minister
* **1957** (*Shōwa 32*): Nobusuke Kishi became 56th Prime Minister
* **1958** (*Shōwa 33*): Kishi became 57th Prime Minister
* **1960** (*Shōwa 35*): Ikeda became 59th Prime Minister
* **1967** (*Shōwa 42*): Sato became 62nd Prime Minister
* **1970** (*Shōwa 45*): Sato became 63rd Prime Minister
* **1972** (*Shōwa 47*): Tanaka became 65th 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
* **1982** (*Shōwa 57*): Yasuhiro Nakasone became 71st Prime Minister
* **1983** (*Shōwa 58*): Nakasone became 72nd 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

## References 
## Other websites 
* National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection