Leaders of Japan (Vive l'Emperor)

Emperors of Japan

Picture	Name	Born - Died	Ruled	Notes
	Kokaku	September 23, 1771 - December 11, 1840	December 16, 1779 - May 7, 1817
	Ninko	March 16, 1800 - February 21, 1846	October 31, 1817 - February 21, 1846
	Komei	July 22, 1831 - January 30, 1867	March 10, 1846 - June 30, 1855	Deposed by frenched backed coup.
	Mutsuhito	November 3, 1852 - July 30, 1912	June 30, 1855 - July 30, 1912	Made emperor at age of 2, regency under army officers until 1870. Modernised japan.
	Yoshihito	August 31, 1879 - December 25, 1926	July 30, 1912 - December 25, 1926	Oversaw japanese intervention in world war one.
	Hirohito	April 29, 1901 - January 7, 1989	December 25, 1926 - January 12, 1947	Led a modern japan until 1940 when army officers launched a coup. Led japan as figurhead during world war 2. Abdicated at wars end in favour of his son.
	Akihito	December 23, 1933 -	January 12, 1947 -	The longest current head of state.

Presidents of Japan

Picture	Name	Born - Died	Term
	Tetsu Katayama	July 28, 1887 - May 30, 1978	January 1, 1950 - January 25, 1955
	Shigeru Yoshida	September 22, 1878 - October 20, 1967	January 25, 1955 - January 25, 1960
	Eisaku Sato	March 27, 1901 - June 3, 1975	January 25, 1960 - April 10, 1973
	Masayoshi Ohira	March 12, 1910 - June 12, 1980	April 10, 1973 - April 10, 1980
	Yasuhiro Nakasone	May 27, 1918 - February 9, 1999	April 10, 1980 - April 10, 1989
	Keizo Obuchi	June 25, 1937 - May 14, 2000	April 10, 1989 - April 10, 1998
	Yoshiro Mori	July 14, 1937 -	April 10, 1998 - April 10, 2004
	Yuriko Koike	July 15, 1952 -	April 10, 2004 - April 10, 2010

Prime Ministers of Japan

Name	Party	Term	Notes
Okubo Toshimichi	None	February 4, 1862 - August 11, 1870
Kido Takayoshi	None	August 11, 1870 - May 26, 1877
Iwakura Tomomi	None	May 26, 1877 - January 6, 1880
Mori Arinori	None	January 6, 1880 - December 20, 1883
Ito Hirobumi	Constitutionalist	December 20, 1883 - July 29, 1887
Yamagata Aritomo	Imperialist	July 29, 1887 - February 11, 1888
Ito Hirobumi	Constitutionalist	February 11, 1888 - May 4, 1888
Itagaki Taisuke	Constitutionalist	May 4, 1888 - August 28, 1888	Seized control of the party from Hirobumi.
Inoue Kaoru	Imperialist	August 28, 1888 - October 6, 1889
Yamagata Aritomo	Imperialist	October 6, 1889 - May 3, 1891
Ito Hirobumi	Constitutionalist	May 3, 1891 - November 8, 1893
Oyama Iwao	Imperialist	November 8, 1893 - April 4, 1894
Yamagata Aritomo	Imperialist	April 4, 1894 - June 16, 1894
Kuroda Kiyotaka	None	June 16, 1894 - December 30, 1894
Yamagata Aritomo	Imperialist	December 30, 1894 - May 1, 1897
Ito Hirobumi	Constitutionalist	May 1, 1897 - October 19, 1900
Katsura Taro	Imperialist	October 19, 1900 - September 24, 1902
Ito Hirobumi	Liberal	September 24, 1902 - August 9, 1904
Saionji Kinmochi	Liberal	August 9, 1904 - February 15, 1907
Katsura Taro	Imperialist	February 15, 1907 - June 3, 1910
Yamagata Aritomo	Imperialist	June 3, 1910 - January 3, 1912
Okuma Shigenobu	Liberal	January 3, 1912 - November 11, 1913	Radical reformer.
Saionji Kinmochi	Liberal	November 11, 1913 - June 27, 1914
Yamamoto Gonbee	Liberal	June 27, 1914 - March 9, 1915
Terauchi Masatake	None	March 9, 1915 - December 26, 1918
Hara Takashi	Liberal	December 26, 1918 - February 14, 1922
Kato Tomosaburo	None	February 14, 1922 - August 24, 1923
Uchida Kosai	None	August 24, 1923 - November 28, 1923
Kiyoura Keigo	None	November 28, 1923 - July 12, 1924
Kato Takaaki	Liberal	July 12, 1924 - January 28, 1926
Wakatsuki Reijiro	Liberal	January 28, 1926 -