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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.
This is a graphical lifespan timeline of prime ministers of Japan. Sixty-five men have served as the prime minister of Japan since the office came into existence in 1885. They are listed in order of office.
Japan Democratic: 10 December 1954 23 December 1956 2 years, 14 days Resigned [1] Liberal Democratic 26 Terauchi Masatake: Military (Army) 9 October 1916 29 September 1918 1 year, 356 days Resigned [1] 27 Takeo Fukuda: Liberal Democratic 24 December 1976 7 December 1978 1 year, 349 days Resigned [1] 28 Wakatsuki Reijirō: Kenseikai: 30 January 1926
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]
Fumio Kishida (Japanese: 岸田 文雄; born 29 July 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2021 to 2024.
This is a list of prime ministers of Japan and the educational institutions they attended. As of October 2024, of the 65 prime ministers to date, 17 were educated at the University of Tokyo (called Tokyo Imperial University between 1897 and 1947), seven at Waseda University, six at the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy, five at the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, four at Keio University, two at ...
Very few Japanese people at the time had understood that the war against Russia had pushed their nation to the verge of bankruptcy, and most people in Japan believed that the American president Theodore Roosevelt who had mediated the Treaty of Portsmouth had cheated Japan out of its rightful gains. [11]
Akihito abdicated in 2019, citing his advanced age and declining health, [4] and assumed the title Emperor Emeritus (上皇, Jōkō, lit. ' Retired Emperor '). He was succeeded by his eldest son, Naruhito, whose era is named Reiwa (令和). At age 91, Akihito is the longest