Showa period

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Tokyo
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Second_Sino-Japanese_War
gptkb:Pacific_War
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Japanese_yen
gptkbp:district gptkb:fire
gptkbp:endDate 1989-01-07
gptkbp:eraName gptkb:Showa
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Taisho_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Showa period
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Emperor_Showa
gptkbp:nameMeaning gptkb:Enlightened_Harmony
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Japanese_surrender_1945
gptkb:Minamata_disease
gptkb:atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
gptkb:Tokyo_Olympics_1964
gptkb:Yokkaichi_asthma
gptkb:oil_crisis_1973
gptkb:Expo_'70_Osaka
gptkb:Osaka_Expo_1970
gptkb:Tokyo_War_Crimes_Tribunal
gptkb:US-Japan_Security_Treaty
protest
student activism
repatriation of Japanese nationals
Great Kantō earthquake (1923, just before period began)
Showa Emperor's death 1989
bubble economy
economic stagnation late 1980s
formation of Liberal Democratic Party
rise of Japanese automobile industry
rise of Japanese electronics industry
rise of Japanese pop culture
student protests 1960s
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Eisaku_Sato
gptkb:Nobusuke_Kishi
gptkb:Yasuhiro_Nakasone
gptkb:Hideki_Tojo
gptkb:Shigeru_Yoshida
gptkbp:population significant
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Heisei_period
gptkbp:reformed gptkb:Japanese_Constitution_of_1947
gptkbp:reign gptkb:Emperor_Hirohito
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Postwar_occupation_of_Japan
gptkb:Japanese_economic_miracle
gptkbp:startDate 1926-12-25
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Yamato_dynasty
gptkb:Zaibatsu
gptkb:Imperial_Household_Ministry
gptkb:Kokutai
gptkb:Taisho_Democracy
gptkb:The_Showa_Anthology
gptkb:The_Showa_Emperor's_Memoirs
gptkb:House_of_Peers_(Japan)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5