"Showa" is the year number used by Hirohito, the124th generation emperor of Japan, and it is the 246th year number in Japan. Its service time is192665438+February 25th-198965438+1October 7th, which is the longest in Japan.

In the 64th year of Showa (1989),1at 6: 33 am on October 7th, Hirohito died of illness and Akihito succeeded to the throne. According to the provisions of the Yuan Law, the Japanese government promulgated the DecreeNo .. Showa 64+1 on October 71). The next day (65438+10.8), the decree was implemented and changed to Pingcheng.

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Showa is the longest-used year number in Japan. The first half of this period, from Hirohito's accession to the throne in 1926 to the end of World War II in 1945, is called the early Showa period. Showa is taken from the Book of History Yao Dian: People are bright and harmonious. Showa was preceded by Taisho era (19 12- 1926) and Heisei era (1989-20 19), but people seldom use these two eras to refer to Japanese history in the 20th century.

The term "Showa Literature" refers to an independent stage in Japanese literature from about 1924 to 1939 when World War II broke out. The Great Depression of 1930s was particularly serious in Japan, which was called "Showa Depression" by the Japanese.