Heads of State of Japan
Emperor of Japan
Emperor Kanmu
Date of birth/date of death: b. 735; d. April 9 806.
Imperial House of Japan
781 – 806
Emperor Kōkaku
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 23 1771; d. December 11 1840.
Imperial House of Japan
1779 – 1817
Emperor Shōwa
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 29 1901; d. January 7 1989.
Imperial House of Japan
1926 – 1989
Akihito
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 23 1933.
Spouse: Michiko (b. October 20 1934), m. 1959.
Issue: (1) Naruhito, Emperor of Japan (b. February 23 1960); (2) Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino (b. November 30 1965); (3) Sayako Kuroda (b. April 18 1969).
Prime ministers: Noboru Takeshita (1989); Sōsuke Uno (1989); Toshiki Kaifu (1989 – 1991); Kiichi Miyazawa (1991 – 1993); Morihiro Hosokawa (1993 – 1994); Tsutomu Hata (1994); Tomiichi Murayama (1994 – 1996); Ryutaro Hashimoto (1996 – 1998); Keizō Obuchi (1998 – 2000); Yoshirō Mori (2000 – 2001); Junichiro Koizumi (2001 – 2006); Shinzo Abe (2006 – 2007); Yasuo Fukuda (2007 – 2008); Tarō Asō (2008 – 2009); Yukio Hatoyama (2009 – 2010); Naoto Kan (2010 – 2011); Yoshihiko Noda (2011 – 2012); Shinzo Abe (2012 – 2019).
Titles of Japanese Royalty: Crown Prince of Japan (1952 – 1989).
Imperial House of Japan
1989 – 2019
Naruhito
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 23 1960.
Spouse: Masako Owada (b. December 9 1963), m. 1993.
Issue: Aiko, Princess Toshi (b. December 1 2001).
Prime Ministers: Shinzo Abe (2019 – 2020); Fumio Kishida (2021 – 2024); Shigeru Ishiba (2024 – present).
Titles of Japanese Royalty: Crown Prince of Japan (1989 – 2019).
Imperial House of Japan
2019 – present
Imperial Household Agency
Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
General Prince Fushimi Sadanaru
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 9 1858; d. February 4 1923
1912 – 1915
Heads of Government of Japan
Japan
Prime Minister of Japan
Tetsu Katayama
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 28 1887; d. May 30 1978.
Japan Socialist Party
1947 – 1948
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1918; d. November 29 2019.
Liberal Democratic Party
1982 – 1987
Noboru Takeshita
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 26 1924; d. June 19 2000.
Liberal Democratic Party
1987 – 1989
Toshiki Kaifu
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 2 1931; d. January 9 2022.
Liberal Democratic Party
1989 – 1991
Morihiro Hosokawa
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 14 1938.
Japan New Party
1993 – 1994
Tsutomu Hata
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1935; d. August 28 2017.
Japan Renewal Party
1994
Tomiichi Murayama
Date of birth/date of death: b. March 3 1924.
Japan Socialist Party
1994 – 1996
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1937; d. July 1 2006.
Liberal Democratic Party
1996 – 1998
Junichiro Koizumi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 8 1942.
Liberal Democratic Party
2001 – 2006
Shinzo Abe
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1954; d. July 8 2022.
Liberal Democratic Party
2006 – 2007
Tarō Asō
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1940.
Liberal Democratic Party
2008 – 2009
Shinzo Abe
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 21 1954; d. July 8 2022.
Liberal Democratic Party
2012 – 2020
Fumio Kishida
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1957.
Liberal Democratic Party
2021 – 2024
Deputy Prime Minister of Japan
Tsutomu Hata
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 24 1935; d. August 28 2017.
Japan Renewal Party
1993 – 1994
Yōhei Kōno
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1937.
Liberal Democratic Party
1994 – 1995
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 29 1937; d. July 1 2006.
Liberal Democratic Party
1995 – 1996
Wataru Kubo
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 15 1929; d. June 24 2003.
Japan Socialist Party
1996
Tarō Asō
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 20 1940.
Liberal Democratic Party
2012 – 2021