This post is a list of Japanese political leaders (level 4 vital articles on Wikipedia). There are 9 political leaders listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582)
"...Japanese samurai and daimyō... one of the leading figures of the Sengoku and Azuchi-Momoyama periods... regarded as the first 'Great Unifier' of Japan... consolidating power, as head of the very powerful Oda clan, through a series of wars... overthrowing the nominally ruling shogun Ashikaga Yoshiaki and dissolving the Ashikaga Shogunate... conquered most of Honshu... defeated the Ikkō-ikki..." (Wikipedia: Oda Nobunaga, 2.8.26 UTC 15:34)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598)
"...Japanese samurai and daimyō... regarded as the second 'Great Unifier' of Japan... earning the rank and title of Kampaku and Daijō-daijin, the highest official position and title in the nobility class... defeated Akechi Mitsuhide at the Battle of Yamazaki... conquered Shikoku in 1585 and Kyūshū in 1587... winning the Siege of Odawara... crushing the Kunohe rebellion... launched the Japanese invasions of Korea..." (Wikipedia: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, 2.10.26 UTC 17:52)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616)
"...Japanese samurai, daimyō, and the first shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate... third of the three 'Great Unifiers' of Japan... serving as ally, vassal and general of the Oda clan... became the most senior officer under the Toyotomi regime... seized power in 1600... implemented a set of careful rules known as the bakuhan system..." (Wikipedia: Tokugawa Ieyasu, 2.10.26 UTC 22:48)
Emperor Meiji (1852-1912)
"...122nd emperor of Japan... associated with the Meiji Restoration of 1868, which ended the Tokugawa shogunate... transformed Japan from an isolationist, feudal state to an industrialized world power... after the death of his father Emperor Kōmei in 1867, it triggered the Boshin War, in which samurai defeated the shogunate... establishment of the Cabinet in 1885, Privy Council in 1888, Imperial Diet in 1890... victories over China in the First Sino-Japanese War and over Russia in the Russo-Japanese War..." (Wikipedia: Emperor Meiji, 2.9.26 UTC 19:53)
Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909)
"...first prime minister of Japan... member of the genrō, a group of senior statesmen who effectively dictated policy for the Empire of Japan during the Meiji era... central role in the drafting of the 1889 Meiji Constitution as well as the establishment of the National Diet... founded the Rikken Seiyūkai political party... Japan-Korea Treaty of 1905 made Itō the first Resident-General of Korea." (Wikipedia: Itō Hirobumi, 1.26.26 UTC 16:46)
Hideki Tojo (1884-1948)
"...Japanese military officer... Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944 during World War II... presiding over numerous war crimes, including the mass killing and enslavement of millions of civilians and prisoners of war... alliance with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy... attack on Pearl Harbor... tried by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East... executed by hanging..." (Wikipedia: Hideki Tojo, 2.10.26 UTC 15:40)
Hirohito (1901-1989)
"...124th emperor of Japan... reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989... presided over the rise of Japanese militarism, the Japanese invasion of Manchuria, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Asia-Pacific theater of World War II, and the nation's postwar economic miracle... never prosecuted for war crimes... Under Japan's new constitution, drafted by U.S. officials and enacted in 1947, his role as emperor was redefined..." (Wikipedia: Hirohito, 2.16.26 UTC 03:50)
Eisaku Satō (1901-1975)
"...prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972... securing the return of Okinawa in 1972... entered the National Diet in 1949... presided over a period of rapid economic growth... oversaw normalization of diplomatic relations with South Korea and maintained close relations with the United States... introduced the 'Three Non-Nuclear Principles'... signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty..." (Wikipedia: Eisaku Satō, 1.3.26 UTC 13:29)
Shinzo Abe (1954-2022)
"...Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020... conservative and member of the ultranationalist organization Nippon Kaigi... right-wing stances including downplaying Japanese atrocities in textbooks... attempted to counter Japan's economic stagnation with 'Abenomics'... reinstating the Trans-Pacific Partnership..." (Wikipedia: Shinzo Abe, 2.12.26 UTC 21:53)
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