|Hirohito / Emperor Shōwa 裕仁 / 昭和天皇 |Reign||December 25, 1926 –
January 7, 1989 |Enthronement||November 10, 1928|
|House||Imperial House of Japan| April 29, 1901| Aoyama Palace,
Tokyo, Japan |Died||January 7, 1989 Fukiage Palace, Tokyo, Japan
|Burial||February 24, 1989 Hachiōji, Tokyo, Japan Hirohito (裕仁),
posthumously referred to as Emperor Shōwa (昭和天皇 Shōwa-tennō ,
April 29, 1901 – January 7, 1989) in Japan, was the 124th
Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning
from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. Although better
known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan
he is now referred to primarily by his posthumous name Emperor
Shōwa. The word Shōwa is the name of the era that corresponded
with the Emperor's reign, and was made the Emperor's own name
upon his death. The name 裕仁 means "abundant benevolence". At the
start of his reign, Japan was already one of the great powers —
the ninth-largest economy in the world after Italy, the third-
largest naval power, and on