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Bookmark or Share- Emperor Hirohito - New World EncyclopediaEmperor Hirohito had been the longest-reigning Japanese emperor. He was succeeded at once by his son, Akihito. His death marked the end of the Shōwa era and the immediate beginning of the Heisei era.
- Hirohito | Biography, Full Name, World War II, Surrender, & Facts ...Hirohito (born April 29, 1901, Tokyo, Japan—died January 7, 1989, Tokyo) was the emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was the longest-reigning monarch in Japan’s history. Hirohito was born at the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo, the son of the Taishō emperor and grandson of the Meiji emperor.
- Hirohito - WWII, Death & Facts - BiographyHirohito was Japan's longest-reigning emperor, holding the throne from 1926 to 1989. He was a controversial figure who announced Japan's surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945.
- Hirohito - WikipediaHirohito [a] (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, [b] was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989.
- Hirohito summary | BritannicaHirohito , or Shōwa emperor, (born April 29, 1901, Tokyo, Japan—died Jan. 7, 1989, Tokyo), Longest-reigning of Japan’s monarchs (1926–89). His rule coincided with Japan’s 20th-century militarism and its aggression against China and Southeast Asia and in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.
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