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The terms Tennō ('Emperor', 天皇), as well as Nihon ('Japan', 日本), were not adopted until the late 7th century AD. [6] [2] In the nengō system which has been in use since the late 7th century, years are numbered using the Japanese era name and the number of years which have elapsed since the start of that nengō era. [7]
The rulers of Japan have been its Emperors, whether effectively or nominally, for its entire recorded history. These include the ancient legendary emperors, the attested but undated emperors of the Yamato period (early fifth to early 6th centuries), and the clearly dated emperors of 539 to the present.
The prime minister of Japan is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet. This is a list of prime ministers of Japan, from when the first Japanese prime minister (in the modern sense), Itō Hirobumi, took office in 1885, until the present day. 32 prime ministers under the Meiji Constitution had a mandate from the Emperor.
For example, between 1192 and 1867, the shōguns, or their shikken regents in Kamakura (1203–1333), were the de facto rulers of Japan, although they were nominally appointed by the emperor. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the emperor was the embodiment of all sovereign power in the realm, as enshrined in the Meiji Constitution of 1889.
The reign of Emperor Kinmei (c. 509 –571 AD), the 29th emperor, [4] is the first for which the contemporary historiography is able to assign verifiable dates. [5] However, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early emperors were not to be confirmed as "traditional" until the reign of Emperor Kanmu (737–806), the 50th sovereign ...
The earliest historic written mentions of Japan were in Chinese records, where it was referred to as Wa (倭 later 和), which later evolved into the Japanese name of Wakoku (倭國). Suishō (帥升, ca. 107 CE) was a king of Wa, the earliest Japanese monarch mentioned in Volume 85 of the Book of the Later Han from 445 CE.
9 March 1936 1 year, 246 days Resigned [1] 33 Katō Takaaki: Kenseikai 11 June 1924 28 January 1926 1 year, 232 days Died [1] 34 Noboru Takeshita: Liberal Democratic 6 November 1987 3 June 1989 1 year, 210 days Resigned [1] 35 Tomiichi Murayama: Socialist: 30 June 1994 11 January 1996 1 year, 196 days Resigned [1] 36 Masayoshi Ōhira: Liberal ...
The Tokyo Skytree 634.0 metres (2,080 ft) became the third tallest tower in the world, which opened in 2012. 11 March: Japan begin to suffered from the triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster, etc.), which claimed the lives of 20,000 people. July: Japan Self-Defense Force Base was established in Djibouti. 1 July