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Japan

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category	Affiliation / detail
23 Oct 1688 - 16 Apr 1704	Genroku	Era names (nengo)
16 Apr 1704 - 11 Jun 1711	Hoei	Era names (nengo)
11 Jun 1711 - 9 Aug 1716	Shotoku	Era names (nengo)
9 Aug 1716 - 7 Jun 1736	Kyoho	Era names (nengo)
7 Jun 1736 - 12 Apr 1741	Genbun	Era names (nengo)
12 Apr 1741 - 3 Apr 1744	Kanpo	Era names (nengo)
3 Apr 1744 - 5 Aug 1748	Enkyo	Era names (nengo)
5 Aug 1748 - 14 Dec 1751	Kan-en	Era names (nengo)
14 Dec 1751 - 30 Jun 1764	Horeki (or Horyaku)	Era names (nengo)
30 Jun 1764 - 10 Dec 1772	Meiwa	Era names (nengo)
10 Dec 1772 - 25 Apr 1781	An-ei	Era names (nengo)
25 Apr 1781 - 19 Feb 1789	Tenmei	Era names (nengo)
10 Feb 1789 - 19 Mar 1801	Kansei	Era names (nengo)
19 Mar 1801 - 22 Mar 1804	Kyowa	Era names (nengo)
22 Mar 1804 - 26 May 1818	Bunka	Era names (nengo)
26 May 1818 - 23 Jan 1831	Bunsei	Era names (nengo)
23 Jan 1831 - 9 Jan 1845	Tenpo	Era names (nengo)
9 Jan 1845 - 1 Apr 1848	Koka	Era names (nengo)
1 Apr 1848 - 15 Jan 1855	Kaei	Era names (nengo)
15 Jan 1855 - 8 Apr 1860	Ansei	Era names (nengo)
8 Apr 1860 - 29 Mar 1861	Man-en	Era names (nengo)
29 Mar 1861 - 27 Mar 1864	Bunkyu	Era names (nengo)
27 Mar 1864 - 1 May 1865	Genji (or Ganji)	Era names (nengo)
1 May 1865 - 23 Oct 1868	Keio	Era names (nengo)
23 Oct 1868 - 30 Jul 1912	Meiji	Era names (nengo)
30 Jul 1912 - 25 Dec 1926	Taisho	Era names (nengo)
25 Dec 1926 - 8 Jan 1989	Showa	Era names (nengo)
8 Jan 1989 -	Heisei	Era names (nengo)
1680 - 19 Feb 1709	Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (Joken-in)	Shoguns¹
1709 - 12 Nov 1712	Tokugawa Ienobu (Bunsho-in)	Shoguns¹
1713 - 19 Jun 1716	Tokugawa Ietsugu (Yusho-in)	Shoguns¹
1716 - 1745	Tokugawa Yoshimune (Yutoku-in)	Shoguns¹
1745 - 1760	Tokugawa Ieshige (Junshin-in)	Shoguns¹
1760 - 17 Sep 1786	Tokugawa Ieharu (Shinmei-in)	Shoguns¹
15 Apr 1787 - 1837	Tokugawa Ienari (Bunkyo-in)	Shoguns¹
2 Apr 1837 - 22 Jun 1853	Tokugawa Ieyoshi (Shintoku-in)	Shoguns¹
23 Oct 1853 - 6 Jul 1858	Tokugawa Iesada (Onkyo-in)	Shoguns¹
1 Dec 1858 - 29 Aug 1866	Tokugawa Iemochi (Shotoku-in)	Shoguns¹
10 Jan 1867 - 4 Jan 1868	Tokugawa Yoshinobu	Shoguns¹
2 May 1687 - 27 Jul 1709	Asahito (Higashiyama-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
27 Jul 1709 - 13 Apr 1735	Yasuhito (Nakamikado-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
13 Apr 1735 - 9 Jun 1747	Teruhito (Sakuramachi-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
9 Jun 1747 - 31 Aug 1762	Tohito (Momozono-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
15 Sep 1762 - 9 Jan 1771	Toshi-ko (Go-Sakuramachi-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
9 Jan 1771 - 6 Dec 1779	Hidehito (Go-Momozono-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
1 Jan 1780 - 7 May 1817	Tomohito (Kokaku-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
7 May 1817 - 21 Feb 1846	Ayahito (Ninko-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
10 Mar 1846 - 30 Jan 1867	Osahito (Komei-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
13 Feb 1867 - 30 Jul 1912	Mutsuhito (Meiji-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
30 Jul 1912 - 25 Dec 1926	Yoshihito (Taisho-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
25 Nov 1921 - 25 Dec 1926	Prince Hirohito (regent)	Yamato dynasty
25 Dec 1926 - 7 Jan 1989	Hirohito (Showa-tenno)	Yamato dynasty
7 Jan 1989 -	Akihito	Yamato dynasty
22 Dec 1885 - 30 Apr 1888	Count Hirobumi Ito (1st time)	Prime ministers²
30 Apr 1888 - 24 Dec 1889	Count Kiyotaka Kuroda	Prime ministers²
24 Dec 1889 - 6 May 1891	Count Aritomo Yamagata (1st time)	Prime ministers²
6 May 1891 - 8 Aug 1892	Count Masayoshi Matsukata	Prime ministers²
8 Aug 1892 - 18 Sep 1896	Count (from 1895, Marquess) Hirobumi Ito (2nd time) (s.a.)	Prime ministers²
18 Sep 1896 - 12 Jan 1898	Count Masayoshi Matsukata	Prime ministers²
12 Jan 1898 - 30 Jun 1898	Marquess Hirobumi Ito (3rd time)	Prime ministers²
30 Jun 1898 - 8 Nov 1898	Count Shigenobu Okuma	Prime ministers²
8 Nov 1898 - 10 Oct 1900	Marquess Aritomo Yamagata	Prime ministers²
10 Oct 1900 - 2 Jun 1901	Marquess Hirobumi Ito	Prime ministers²
2 Jun 1901 - 7 Jan 1906	Viscount (from 1902, Count) Taro Katsura (1st time) (b. 1848 - d. 1913)	Prime ministers²
7 Jan 1906 - 14 Jul 1908	Marquess Kimmochi Saionji	Prime ministers²
14 Jul 1908 - 30 Aug 1911	Marquess Taro Katsura	Prime ministers²
30 Aug 1911 - 19 Dec 1912	Marquess Kimmochi Saionji	Prime ministers²
19 Dec 1912 - 12 Feb 1913	Duke Taro Katsura (3rd time)	Prime ministers²
12 Feb 1913 - 15 Apr 1914	Count Gonnohyoe Yamamoto	Prime ministers²
15 Apr 1914 - 9 Oct 1916	Count Shigenobu Okuma	Prime ministers²
9 Oct 1916 - 29 Sep 1918	Count Masatake Terauchi	Prime ministers²
29 Sep 1918 - 4 Nov 1921	Takashi Hara	Prime ministers²	FC
4 Nov 1921 - 13 Nov 1921	Count Yasuya Uchida (1st time)	Prime ministers²
13 Nov 1921 - 12 Jun 1922	Viscount Korekiyo Takahashi	Prime ministers²
12 Jun 1922 - 24 Aug 1923	Baron Tomosaburo Kato	Prime ministers²
26 Aug 1923 - 12 Sep 1923	Count Yasuya Uchida (2nd time)	Prime ministers²
12 Sep 1923 - 5 Jan 1924	Count Gonnohyoe Yamamoto	Prime ministers²
5 Jan 1924 - 11 Jun 1924	Viscount Keigo Kiyoura	Prime ministers²
11 Jun 1924 - 28 Jan 1926	Viscount Takaaki Kato	Prime ministers²	C
28 Jan 1926 - 19 Apr 1927	Reijiro Wakatsuki (1st time)	Prime ministers²	C
19 Apr 1927 - 2 Jul 1929	Baron Giichi Tanaka	Prime ministers²	FC
2 Jul 1929 - 14 Apr 1931	Osachi Hamaguchi	Prime ministers²	CD
14 Apr 1931 - 13 Dec 1931	Reijiro Wakatsuki (2nd time)	Prime ministers²	CD
13 Dec 1931 - 15 May 1932	Tsuyoshi Inukai	Prime ministers²	FC
16 May 1932 - 26 May 1932	Viscount Korekiyo Takahashi	Prime ministers²
26 May 1932 - 8 Jul 1934	Viscount Makoto Saito	Prime ministers²
8 Jul 1934 - 9 Mar 1936	Keisuke Okada	Prime ministers²
9 Mar 1936 - 2 Feb 1937	Koki Hirota	Prime ministers²
2 Feb 1937 - 2 Jun 1937	Senjuro Hayashi	Prime ministers²
2 Jun 1937 - 4 Jan 1939	Duke Fumimaro Konoe (1st time)	Prime ministers²
4 Jan 1939 - 29 Aug 1939	Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma	Prime ministers²
29 Aug 1939 - 15 Jan 1940	Nobuyuki Abe	Prime ministers²
15 Jan 1940 - 21 Jul 1940	Mitsumasa Yonai	Prime ministers²
21 Jul 1940 - 18 Oct 1941	Duke Fumimaro Konoe (2nd time)	Prime ministers²
18 Oct 1941 - 22 Jul 1944	Hideki Tojo	Prime ministers²
22 Jul 1944 - 7 Apr 1945	Kuniaki Koiso	Prime ministers²
7 Apr 1945 - 16 Aug 1945	Baron Kantaro Suzuki	Prime ministers²
16 Aug 1945 - 8 Oct 1945	Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni	Prime ministers²
8 Oct 1945 - 20 May 1946	Baron Kijuro Shidehara	Prime ministers²
20 May 1946 - 21 May 1947	Shigeru Yoshida (1st time)	Prime ministers²	L
21 May 1947 - 23 Feb 1948	Tetsu Katayama	Prime ministers²	S
23 Feb 1948 - 15 Oct 1948	Hitoshi Ashida	Prime ministers²	D
15 Oct 1948 - 10 Dec 1954	Shigeru Yoshida (2nd time)	Prime ministers²	L
10 Dec 1954 - 23 Dec 1956	Ichiro Hatoyama	Prime ministers²	JD; 1955: LD
23 Dec 1956 - 25 Feb 1957	Tanzan Ishibashi	Prime ministers²	LD
25 Feb 1957 - 18 Jul 1960	Nobusuke Kishi	Prime ministers²	LD
18 Jul 1960 - 9 Nov 1964	Hayato Ikeda	Prime ministers²	LD
9 Nov 1964 - 6 Jul 1972	Eisaku Sato	Prime ministers²	LD
6 Jul 1972 - 9 Dec 1974	Kakuei Tanaka	Prime ministers²	LD
9 Dec 1974 - 24 Dec 1976	Takeo Miki	Prime ministers²	LD
24 Dec 1976 - 7 Dec 1978	Takeo Fukuda	Prime ministers²	LD
7 Dec 1978 - 12 Jun 1980	Masayoshi Ohira	Prime ministers²	LD
12 Jun 1980 - 17 Jul 1980	Masayoshi Ito (acting)	Prime ministers²	LD
17 Jul 1980 - 26 Nov 1982	Zenko Suzuki	Prime ministers²	LD
26 Nov 1982 - 6 Nov 1987	Yasuhiro Nakasone	Prime ministers²	LD
6 Nov 1987 - 2 Jun 1989	Noboru Takeshita	Prime ministers²	LD
2 Jun 1989 - 9 Aug 1989	Sosuke Uno	Prime ministers²	LD
9 Aug 1989 - 6 Nov 1991	Toshiki Kaifu	Prime ministers²	LD
6 Nov 1991 - 9 Aug 1993	Kiichi Miyazawa	Prime ministers²	LD
9 Aug 1993 - 25 Apr 1994	Morihiro Hosokawa	Prime ministers²	JN
25 Apr 1994 - 29 Jun 1994	Tsutomu Hata	Prime ministers²	JR
29 Jun 1994 - 11 Jan 1996	Tomiichi Murayama	Prime ministers²	SD
11 Jan 1996 - 30 Jul 1998	Ryutaro Hashimoto	Prime ministers²	LD
30 Jul 1998 - 5 Apr 2000	Keizo Obuchi	Prime ministers²	LD
3 Apr 2000 - 5 Apr 2000	Mikio Aoki	Prime ministers²	LD
5 Apr 2000 - 26 Apr 2001	Yoshiro Mori	Prime ministers²	LD
26 Apr 2001 - 26 Sep 2006	Junichiro Koizumi	Prime ministers²	LD
26 Sep 2006 - 26 Sep 2007	Shinzo Abe	Prime ministers²	LD
26 Sep 2007 -	Yasuo Fukuda	Prime ministers²	LD

Allied occupation

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
2 Sep 1945 - 11 Apr 1951	Douglas MacArthur	Supreme Commanders
11 Apr 1951 - 28 Apr 1952	Matthew B. Ridgway	Supreme Commanders

Republic of Ezo

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
27 Jan 1869 - 27 Jun 1869	in ambiguous secession during war of restoration	Leaders
27 Jan 1869 - 27 Jun 1869	Takeaki Enomoto	President (sosai)

Ryukyu

Date or term	Officeholder or event	Category
1429	Kingdom of Chuzan/Zhongshan	Leaders
Oct 1872	Ryukyu han, an autonomous polity associated with Japan	Leaders
11 Mar 1879	annexed by Japan	Leaders
1946	four units (Okinawa gun, Amami gun, Miyako gun, Yaeyama gun), under U.S. administration	Leaders
1 Apr 1951	Ryukyu, nominally part of Japan, under U.S. administration	Leaders
25 Dec 1953	Amami Oshima island group returned to Japan	Leaders
21 Nov 1967	Ryukyu Islands (except Okinawa) returned to Japan	Leaders
26 Jun 1968	Bonin Islands returned to Japan	Leaders
15 May 1972	Okinawa reverts to Japanese sovereignty as a prefecture	Leaders
1669 - 1709	Sho Tei/Shang Jing	Sho En-o-to/Shang Yuan Wangtong dynasty
1710 - 1712	Sho Eki/Shang Ben	Sho En-o-to/Shang Yuan Wangtong dynasty
1713 - 1751	Sho Kei/Shang Jing	Sho En-o-to/Shang Yuan Wangtong dynasty
1751 - 1752	Sai On (regent)	Sho En-o-to/Shang Yuan Wangtong dynasty
1752 - 1795	Sho Boku/Shang Mu	Sho En-o-to/Shang Yuan Wangtong dynasty
1796 - 1802	Sho On/Shang Wen	Sho En-o-to/Shang Yuan Wangtong dynasty
1803 - 1804	Sho Sei/Shang Cheng	Sho En-o-to/Shang Yuan Wangtong dynasty
1804 - 1828	Sho Ko/Shang Hao	Sho En-o-to/Shang Yuan Wangtong dynasty
1828 - 1847	Sho Iku/Shang Yu	Sho En-o-to/Shang Yuan Wangtong dynasty
1848 - 11 Mar 1879	Sho Tai/Shang Tai	Sho En-o-to/Shang Yuan Wangtong dynasty
1 Apr 1945 - 18 Jun 1945	Simon B. Buckner, Jr.	Military governors
18 Jun 1945 - 23 Jun 1945	Roy S. Geiger	Military governors
23 Jun 1945 - 16 Oct 1945	Joseph W. Stilwell	Military governors
17 Oct 1945 - 29 Dec 1945	Lawrence A. Lawson	Military governors
30 Dec 1945 - 26 Feb 1946	Fremont B. Hodson	Military governors
27 Feb 1946 - 21 May 1946	Leo Donovan	Military governors
24 May 1946 - 11 May 1948	Frederic L. Hayden	Military governors
12 May 1948 - 30 Sep 1949	William W. Eagles	Military governors
1 Oct 1949 - 21 Jul 1950	Josef R. Sheetz	Military governors
28 Jul 1950 - 6 Dec 1950	Robert B. McClure	Military governors
6 Dec 1950 - 9 Dec 1950	Harry B. Sherman (acting)	Military governors
9 Dec 1950 - 15 Dec 1950	Robert S. Beightler	Military governors
15 Dec 1950 - 10 May 1951	Robert S. Beightler (1st time)	Deputy governors
10 May 1951 - 7 Aug 1951	Harry B. Sherman (acting)	Deputy governors
8 Aug 1951 - 16 Dec 1952	Robert S. Beightler (2nd time)	Deputy governors
18 Dec 1952 - 2 Jan 1953	James Malcolm Lewis	Deputy governors
3 Jan 1953 - 4 Mar 1955	David A.D. Ogden	Deputy governors
5 Mar 1955 - 3 Jul 1957	James E. Moore	Deputy governors
4 Jul 1957 - 30 Apr 1958	James E. Moore	High commissioners
1 May 1958 - 12 Feb 1961	Donald P. Booth	High commissioners
16 Feb 1961 - 31 Jul 1964	Paul W. Caraway	High commissioners
1 Aug 1964 - 31 Oct 1966	Albert Watson II	High commissioners
2 Nov 1966 - 17 Jan 1969	Ferdinand T. Unger	High commissioners
28 Jan 1969 - 14 May 1972	James B. Lampert	High commissioners
*1956 - 1959	Vonna F. Burger	Civil administrators
Jun 1959 - May 1962	John G. Ondrick	Civil administrators
18 Jul 1962 - 8 Feb 1964	Shannon McCune	Civil administrators
11 Feb 1964 - 10 Jul 1967	Gerald Warner	Civil administrators
15 Jul 1967 - 15 Aug 1969	Stanley S. Carpenter	Civil administrators
21 Aug 1969 - 12 May 1972	Robert A. Fearey	Civil administrators
24 Apr 1946 - 4 Nov 1950	Koshin Shikiya	Chiefs of the Okinawa Civilian Administration
4 Nov 1950 - 1 Apr 1951	Tatsuo Taira	Chiefs of the Okinawa Civilian Administration
1 Apr 1951 - 25 Oct 1956	Shuhei Higa	Chief Executives of the Government
1 Nov 1956 - 10 Nov 1959	Jugo Toma	Chief Executives of the Government
10 Nov 1959 - 31 Oct 1964	Seisaku Ota	Chief Executives of the Government
31 Oct 1964 - 1 Dec 1968	Seiho Matsuoka	Chief Executives of the Government
1 Dec 1968 - 14 May 1972	Chobyo Yara	Chief Executives of the Government
15 May 1972 - 24 Jun 1976	Chobyo Yara	Governors
25 Jun 1976 - 23 Nov 1978	Koichi Taira	Governors
23 Nov 1978 - 13 Dec 1978	Takemori Nojima (acting)	Governors
13 Dec 1978 - 9 Dec 1990	Junji Nishime	Governors
10 Dec 1990 - 9 Dec 1998	Masahide Ota	Governors
10 Dec 1998 - 9 Dec 2006	Keiichi Inamine	Governors
10 Dec 2006 -	Hirokazu Nakaima	Governors