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1926 - 1989

Zamanin Showa



Zamanin Shōwa shi ne lokacintarihin Jafananci wanda ya yi daidai da mulkin Sarkin sarakuna Shōwa (Hirohito) daga 25 ga Disamba, 1926, har zuwa mutuwarsa a ranar 7 ga Janairu, 1989. zamanin Taishō ya gabace shi.Kafin 1945 da lokacin Shōwa na baya-bayan nan kusan jihohi ne mabanbanta: zamanin Showa kafin 1945 (1926-1945) ya shafi Daular Japan, da kuma bayan 1945 zamanin Shōwa (1945-1989) ya shafi Jihar Japan.Kafin shekara ta 1945, Japan ta koma cikin tsarin mulkin kama-karya na siyasa, ultranationalism da kididdiga wanda ya kai ga mamayekasar Japan a shekarar 1937, wani bangare na zaman duniya na rikice-rikicen zamantakewa da rikice-rikice kamar babban bakin ciki da yakin duniya na biyu .An sha kashi a yakin duniya na biyu ya kawo gagarumin sauyi a kasar Japan.A karon farko kuma karo na farko a tarihinta, kasar Japan ta kasance karkashin ikon kasashen waje, mamayar da Amurka ke jagoranta wacce ta dauki tsawon shekaru bakwai ana yi.Sana'ar kawance ta haifar da sauye-sauye na dimokuradiyya.Hakan ya kai ga kawo karshen matsayin sarki a matsayin allahntaka da kuma sauya fasalin kasar Japan daga wani nau'i na hadewar tsarin mulki da cikakkiyar masarautu zuwa tsarin mulkin tsarin mulki tare da dimokradiyya mai sassaucin ra'ayi.A cikin 1952, tare da Yarjejeniyar San Francisco, Japan ta sake zama ƙasa mai iko.Lokacin Showa na baya-bayan nan ya kasance da mu'ujizar tattalin arzikin Japan.Zamanin Shōwa ya fi na kowane sarkin Japan da ya wuce.Sarkin sarakuna Shōwa shi ne sarkin Japan mafi dadewa kuma ya fi dadewa a kan karagar mulki da kuma sarki mafi dadewa a duniya a lokacin.A ranar 7 ga Janairun 1989, Yarima mai jiran gado Akihito ya gaje sarautar Chrysanthemum bayan mutuwar mahaifinsa Sarkin sarakuna Shōwa, wanda ke nuna farkon zamanin Heisei.
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Ziyarci Shago

1926 - 1937
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1927 Jan 1

Jirgin karkashin kasa na Tokyo

Ueno Station, 7 Chome-1 Ueno,
Tokyo Underground Railway Co., Ltd. ya bude layin farko na karkashin kasa na Japan na layin karkashin kasa Ginza a ranar 30 ga Disamba, 1927, kuma aka yada shi a matsayin "hanyar karkashin kasa ta farko a Gabas."Nisan layin ya kasance kilomita 2.2 kawai tsakanin Ueno da Asakusa.
Matsalar kudi ta Showa
Gudanar da Banki a lokacin Rikicin Kuɗi na Shōwa ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1927 Jan 1

Matsalar kudi ta Showa

Japan
Rikicin Kudi na Shōwa ya kasance firgici na kuɗi a cikin 1927, a cikin shekarar farko ta sarautar Sarkin sarakuna Hirohito na Japan, kuma ya kasance tsinkaya na Babban Tashin hankali.Ya rusa gwamnatin Firayim Minista Wakatsuki Reijirō ya kuma haifar da mamayar zaibatsu a kan masana'antar bankin Japan.Rikicin Kudi na Shōwa ya faru ne bayan bunƙasar kasuwancin bayan Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya a Japan.Kamfanoni da yawa sun saka hannun jari sosai don haɓaka ƙarfin samarwa a cikin abin da ya zama kumfa na tattalin arziki.Tabarbarewar tattalin arziki bayan 1920 da girgizar kasa mai girma Kanto na 1923 sun haifar da tawayar tattalin arziki, wanda ya haifar da gazawar kasuwancin da yawa.Gwamnati ta shiga tsakani ta hannun Bankin Japan ta hanyar ba da rangwamen "lalacewar girgizar kasa" ga bankunan da suka wuce gona da iri.A cikin Janairun 1927, lokacin da gwamnati ta ba da shawarar fansar shaidu, jita-jita ta bazu cewa bankunan da ke riƙe da waɗannan shaidu za su yi fatara.A cikin tafiyar banki mai zuwa, bankuna 37 a duk faɗin Japan (ciki har da Bankin Taiwan), da zaibatsu Suzuki Shoten na biyu, sun shiga ƙarƙashinsa.Firayim Minista Wakatsuki Reijirō ya yi yunƙurin ba da sanarwar gaggawa don ba wa bankin Japan damar tsawaita lamuni na gaggawa don ceto waɗannan bankunan, amma majalisar masu zaman kansu ta ki amincewa da bukatarsa, kuma ta tilasta masa yin murabus.Firayim Minista Tanaka Giichi ya gaji Wakatsuki, wanda ya yi nasarar shawo kan lamarin tare da hutun makwanni uku na banki tare da bayar da lamuni na gaggawa;duk da haka, sakamakon rugujewar kananan bankuna da yawa, manyan rassan kudi na manyan gidajen zaibatsu guda biyar sun mamaye kudaden Japan har zuwa karshen yakin duniya na biyu .
Yarjejeniyar Sojan Ruwa ta London
Membobin tawagar Amurka suna kan hanyar zuwa taron, Janairu 1930 ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1930 Apr 22

Yarjejeniyar Sojan Ruwa ta London

London, UK
Yarjejeniyar Sojan Ruwa ta Landan, a hukumance yarjejeniya don iyakancewa da rage yawan makaman ruwa, yarjejeniya ce tsakanin Burtaniya, Japan, Faransa, Italiya, da Amurka wacce aka rattaba hannu akan 22 Afrilu 1930. Neman magance matsalolin da ba a rufe su ba. Yarjejeniyar Naval ta Washington ta 1922, wacce ta haifar da iyaka ga jiragen ruwan yaƙi na kowace ƙasa, sabuwar yarjejeniya ta tsara yaƙin cikin teku, ƙarin sarrafa jiragen ruwa da masu lalata, da ƙayyadaddun ginin jiragen ruwa na ruwa.A ranar 27 ga Oktoban 1930 ne aka yi musayar ra'ayi a London, kuma yarjejeniyar ta fara aiki a wannan rana, amma ba ta yi tasiri ba.Gwamnatin Japan ta so ta ɗaga rabonsu zuwa 10:10:7, amma Amurka ta yi fatali da wannan shawara cikin gaggawa.Godiya ga ma'amala na bayan gida da sauran abubuwan ban sha'awa, kodayake, Japan ta yi tafiya tare da fa'idar 5: 4 a cikin manyan jiragen ruwa masu nauyi, amma wannan ƙaramin motsin ba zai gamsar da jama'ar Japan ba wanda sannu a hankali ya faɗo ƙarƙashin ikon ƙungiyoyin masu kishin ƙasa daban-daban. yaduwa a fadin kasar.Sakamakon gazawarsa game da yarjejeniyar jiragen ruwa na London, Firayim Minista Hamaguchi Osachi ya harbe shi a ranar 14 ga Nuwamba, 1930, da wani dan adawa ya mutu a 1931.
Yunkurin mamayar Japanawa a Manchuria
Sojojin Japan na Regiment na 29 a Ƙofar Yamma ta Mukden ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1931 Sep 18 - 1932 Feb 28

Yunkurin mamayar Japanawa a Manchuria

Liaoning, China
Daular Kwantung ta Japan ta mamaye Manchuria a ranar 18 ga Satumba 1931, nan da nan bayan faruwar Mukden.A karshen yakin a watan Fabrairun 1932, Jafanawa sun kafa jihar 'yar tsana ta Manchukuo.Mamayarsu ta ci gaba har zuwa nasarar Tarayyar Soviet da Mongoliya tare da aikin kai hare-hare na Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation a tsakiyar watan Agustan 1945, zuwa karshen yakin duniya na biyu.Tare da mamayewar da ya ja hankalin duniya sosai, Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Ƙasa ta samar da Hukumar Lytton (wanda dan siyasar Birtaniya Victor Bulwer-Lytton ke jagoranta) don kimanta halin da ake ciki, tare da kungiyar ta ba da sakamakonta a cikin Oktoba 1932. Sakamakon binciken da shawarwarin da 'yar tsana ta Japan ta yi. Ba a amince da jihar Manchukuo ba kuma komowar Manchuria ga ikon kasar Sin ya sa gwamnatin Japan ta janye daga kungiyar baki daya.
Ƙididdiga a Showa Japan
Sarkin Japan Hirohito a matsayin shugaban hedkwatar Janar na Imperial a ranar 29 ga Afrilu, 1943 ©投稿者が出典雑誌より取り込み
1932 Jan 1 - 1936

Ƙididdiga a Showa Japan

Japan
Ficewarta daga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na nufin cewa Japan ta ware a siyasance.Japan ba ta da ƙaƙƙarfan ƙawaye kuma ayyukanta sun yi Allah wadai da su a duniya, yayin da farin jini na cikin gida ke ƙaruwa.Ƙungiyoyi daban-daban ne suka ɗauki shugabannin yankin, kamar masu unguwanni, malamai, da limaman Shinto aiki don cusa wa jama'a kyawawan manufofin kishin ƙasa.Ba su da ɗan lokaci don ra'ayoyin ƴan kasuwa da 'yan siyasa na jam'iyya.Amincinsu ya kasance ga Sarkin sarakuna da sojoji.A cikin Maris 1932 makircin kisan gillar "League of Blood" da hargitsin da ke tattare da shari'ar maƙarƙashiyarta ya ƙara lalata tsarin mulkin demokraɗiyya a Shōwa Japan.A watan Mayu na wannan shekarar ne wasu gungun na hannun daman Sojoji da na ruwa suka yi nasarar kashe firaminista Inukai Tsuyoshi.Makircin ya gaza shirya cikakken juyin mulki, amma ya kawo karshen mulkin jam'iyyun siyasa a Japan.Daga 1932 zuwa 1936, an gudanar da mulkin kasar ne a karkashin manyan mashawarta.Tausayin masu kishin kasa ya haifar da rashin zaman lafiya a cikin gwamnati.Manufofin matsakaici sun kasance masu wahalar aiwatarwa.Rikicin ya ƙare a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 1936. A cikin abin da aka fi sani da abin da ya faru a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, sojoji kusan 1,500 na sojan arna sun yi tattaki a tsakiyar Tokyo.Manufar su ita ce kashe gwamnati da inganta "Mayar da Shawa".Firayim Minista Okada ya tsallake rijiya da baya a yunkurin juyin mulkin inda ya fake a wani rumbun ajiyar kaya a gidansa, amma juyin mulkin ya kare ne a lokacin da Sarkin ya bayar da umarnin kawo karshen zubar da jini.A cikin jihar, ra'ayin Babban Haɗin gwiwar Gabas ta Tsakiyar Asiya ya fara haɓaka.Masu kishin ƙasa sun yi imanin cewa "ikon ABCD" (Amurka, Birtaniya, Sinawa, Dutch) barazana ne ga dukan Asiya kuma Asiya za ta iya rayuwa kawai ta hanyar bin misalin Jafananci.Japan ta kasance ita kaɗai mai ikon Asiya da waɗanda ba na yamma ba don samar da masana'antu cikin nasara tare da hamayya da manyan daulolin yamma.Yayin da masu sa ido na yammacin Turai na wannan zamani suka bayyana a matsayin sahun gaba na faɗaɗa sojojin Japan, ra'ayin da ke tattare da Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Ƙarfafawa shine cewa Asiya za ta kasance da haɗin kai ga ƙasashen yammacin Turai a karkashin inuwar Jafan.Wannan ra'ayin ya jawo tasiri a bangaren uba na Confucianism da Koshitsu Shinto.Don haka, babban burin Sphere shine hakko ichiu, haɗewar kusurwoyi takwas na duniya a ƙarƙashin mulkin (kodo) na Sarkin sarakuna.
lamarin 26 ga Fabrairu
'Yan tawayen sun mamaye yankin Nagata-cho da Akasaka yayin da lamarin ya faru a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu. ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1936 Feb 26 - Feb 28

lamarin 26 ga Fabrairu

Tokyo, Japan
Lamarin da ya faru a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu (二・二六事件, Ni Ni-Roku Jiken, wanda aka fi sani da Lamarin 2-26) wani yunƙurin juyin mulki ne a Daular Japan a ranar 26 ga Fabrairun 1936. Ƙungiya ce ta shirya shi. matasa jami'an Sojan Jafananci (IJA) da manufar tsarkake gwamnati da jagorancin soja daga abokan hamayyarsu da masu adawa da akida.Ko da yake 'yan tawayen sun yi nasarar kashe manyan jami'ai da dama (ciki har da tsaffin firayim minista biyu) da kuma mamaye cibiyar gwamnati ta Tokyo, amma sun kasa kashe firaminista Keisuke Okada ko kuma tabbatar da ikon fadar sarki.Magoya bayansu a cikin sojojin sun yi yunkurin yin amfani da abin da suka aikata, amma rarrabuwar kawuna a tsakanin sojojin, hade da fushin Masarautar juyin mulkin, ya sa sun kasa samun canjin gwamnati.Yayin da suke fuskantar gagarumin adawa yayin da sojoji ke kai musu hari, 'yan tawayen sun mika wuya a ranar 29 ga Fabrairu.Ba kamar misalan farko na tashin hankalin siyasa na matasa jami'ai, yunkurin juyin mulkin ya haifar da mummunan sakamako.Bayan gudanar da shari'o'i da dama, an kashe wasu 19 daga cikin jagororin masu tayar da kayar bayan saboda kisan kai, sannan an daure wasu arba'in a gidan yari.Bangaren Kōdo-ha mai tsattsauran ra'ayi ya rasa tasirinsa a cikin sojojin, yayin da sojojin da a yanzu ba su da tashe-tashen hankula, sun ƙara ƙarfin ikonsu kan gwamnatin farar hula, wadda ta yi rauni sosai sakamakon kashe manyan shugabanni masu sassaucin ra'ayi da masu sassaucin ra'ayi.
1937 - 1945
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1937 Jul 7 - 1945 Sep 2

Yakin Sin da Japan na biyu

China
Yaƙin Sino-Japan na biyu yaƙin soji ne da aka fara yi tsakaninJamhuriyar Sin daDaular Japan .Yaƙin ya ƙunshi gidan wasan kwaikwayo na kasar Sin na babban gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Pacific na yakin duniya na biyu .An fara fara yakin ne a ranar 7 ga watan Yulin shekarar 1937, lokacin da aka fara yakin gadar Marco Polo a ranar 7 ga watan Yulin shekarar 1937, lokacin da takaddama tsakanin sojojin Japan da Sinawa a birnin Peking ya rikide zuwa mamaye.Wasu masana tarihi na kasar Sin sun yi imanin cewa, mamayar da kasar Japan ta yi wa Manchuria a ranar 18 ga watan Satumban shekarar 1931, ita ce farkon yakin.Ana daukar wannan cikakken yakin tsakanin Sinawa da daular Japan a matsayin farkon yakin duniya na biyu a Asiya.Kasar Sin ta yi yaki da Japan tare da taimakon Nazi Jamus , Tarayyar Soviet , Birtaniya da kuma Amurka .Bayan hare-haren da Japanawa suka kai a Malaya da Pearl Harbor a 1941, yakin ya hade da wasu rikice-rikicen da aka kasafta a karkashin wadancan rikice-rikicen yakin duniya na biyu a matsayin wani babban bangare da aka sani da gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Burma Indiya.Wasu malaman suna ganin Yaƙin Turai da Yaƙin Pasifik sun bambanta gaba ɗaya, ko da yake yaƙe-yaƙe ne.Wasu malaman suna ganin farkon yakin na biyu na Sin da Japan a 1937 ya kasance farkon yakin duniya na biyu.Yakin Sino-Japan na biyu shi ne yakin Asiya mafi girma a karni na 20.Ya dauki mafi yawan fararen hula da sojoji da aka kashe a yakin Pasifik, tare da fararen hula tsakanin Sinawa miliyan 10 zuwa 25 da sama da sojojin Sinawa da Japan miliyan 4 da suka bace ko kuma suka mutu sakamakon tashin hankali da suka shafi yaki, yunwa, da dai sauransu.An kira yakin "Holocaust na Asiya."Yakin ya kasance sakamakon manufofin mulkin mallaka na Japan na tsawon shekaru da yawa don fadada tasirinsa a siyasance da na soja don samun damar samun albarkatun albarkatun kasa, abinci, da aiki.Zaman bayan Yaƙin Duniya na ɗaya ya haifar da ƙara damuwa a kan manufofin Japan.Masu hagu sun nemi zaɓe na duniya da ƙarin haƙƙi ga ma'aikata.Kara yawan kayan masaku daga masana'antun kasar Sin ya yi illa ga samar da kasar Japan, kuma babban bala'in ya haifar da koma baya wajen fitar da kayayyaki zuwa kasashen waje.Duk waɗannan sun ba da gudummawa ga kishin ƙasa na masu fafutuka, wanda ya ƙare a lokacin da ake samun ƙarfin ikon ƙungiyar soja.Majalisar Hideki Tojo na kungiyar Taimakon Dokokin Imperial ne ya jagoranci wannan bangare a matsayinsa na Sarki Hirohito.A cikin 1931, abin da ya faru na Mukden ya taimaka wajen mamaye mamayar Jafananci na Manchuria.An ci Sinawa, kuma Japan ta kafa wata sabuwar kasa mai suna Manchukuo;masana tarihi da yawa sun ambaci 1931 a matsayin farkon yakin.Daga shekara ta 1931 zuwa 1937, Sin da Japan sun ci gaba da yin gumurzu a kanana, a cikin gida, abin da ake kira "hatsari".A cikin watan Disambar 1941, Japan ta kai harin ba-zata a kan Pearl Harbor, kuma ta ayyana yaki a kan Amurka.{Asar Amirka ta shelanta yaƙi, kuma ta ƙara yawan taimakon da take ba wa China - tare da dokar Lend-Lease, Amirka ta ba wa China jimlar dala biliyan 1.6 (dala biliyan 18.4 da aka daidaita don hauhawar farashin kayayyaki).Tare da Burma ta yanke ta da kayan da aka ɗaga sama a kan Himalayas.A cikin 1944, Japan ta ƙaddamar da Operation Ichi-Go, mamayewar Henan da Changsha.Duk da haka, hakan ya kasa haifar da mika wuya na sojojin kasar Sin.A shekara ta 1945, rundunar ba da agaji ta kasar Sin ta ci gaba da ci gaba da aikinta a kasar Burma kuma ta kammala hanyar Ledo da ta hada Indiya da Sin.A sa'i daya kuma, kasar Sin ta kaddamar da manyan hare-hare a kudancin kasar Sin, tare da sake kwace yammacin Hunan da Guangxi.Kasar Japan ta mika wuya a hukumance a ranar 2 ga watan Satumban shekarar 1945. An amince da kasar Sin a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan kawancen kasashe hudu a lokacin yakin, ta kuma maido da dukkan yankunan da Japan din ta rasa, kuma ta zama daya daga cikin kasashe biyar din din din din din a kwamitin sulhu na MDD.
Dokar Tattaunawar Kasa
Tattara Ma'aikata, 1944 ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1938 Mar 24

Dokar Tattaunawar Kasa

Japan
Firayim Minista Fumimaro Konoe ne ya kafa dokar ba da gudummawa ta ƙasa a cikin abincin Japan a ranar 24 ga Maris 1938 don sanya tattalin arzikin ƙasa na Daular Japan a kan tushen lokacin yaƙi bayan fara yakin Sino-Japan na biyu.Dokar Tattaunawa ta ƙasa tana da fastoci hamsin, waɗanda suka tanadi ikon gwamnati akan ƙungiyoyin farar hula (ciki har da ƙungiyoyin ƙwadago), ƙaddamar da masana'antu dabarun ƙasa, sarrafa farashi da rabo, da kuma mayar da kafafen yada labarai na ƙasa.Dokokin sun bai wa gwamnati ikon yin amfani da kasafin kuɗi mara iyaka don tallafawa samar da yaƙi, da kuma biyan diyya ga masana'antun da suka yi hasarar da aka yi a lokacin yaƙi.Labari goma sha takwas daga cikin hamsin sun zayyana hukunce-hukuncen hukunci ga masu karya doka.An kai wa dokar hari a matsayin rashin bin ka'ida lokacin da aka gabatar da ita ga Diet a cikin Janairu 1938, amma an zartar saboda tsananin matsin lamba daga sojoji kuma ta fara aiki daga Mayu 1938.Dokar Daftarin Hidimar {asa (国民徴用令, Kokumin Cōyō rei) karin doka ce da Firayim Minista Konoe ya yi a matsayin wani ɓangare na Dokar Tattara da Jama'a.Ya ba gwamnati ikon tsara ma'aikatan farar hula don tabbatar da isassun kayan aiki a masana'antun yaƙi, tare da keɓance abin da aka ba da izini kawai a yanayin nakasassu na zahiri ko na hankali.An shirya shirin ne a karkashin ma’aikatar jin dadin jama’a, kuma a lokacin da ya kai 1,600,000 maza da mata aka tsara, kuma an mayar da ma’aikata 4,500,000 a matsayin wadanda aka zayyana (da haka suka kasa barin aikinsu).Dokar Tattara Ma'aikata ta Kasa ta maye gurbin wannan doka a cikin Maris 1945, wanda kuma aka soke shi a ranar 20 ga Disamba 1945 da Babban Kwamandan Allied Powers bayan mika wuya na Japan.
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1945 Aug 6

Amurka na amfani da bama-baman Atom akan Hiroshima da Nagasaki

Hiroshima, Japan
A ranar 6 da 9 ga watan Agustan 1945 ne Amurka ta tayar da bama-baman nukiliya guda biyu a kan garuruwan Hiroshima da Nagasaki na kasar Japan.Hare-haren bama-bamai guda biyu sun yi sanadiyyar mutuwar mutane tsakanin 129,000 da 226,000, wadanda akasarinsu fararen hula ne, kuma har yanzu ita ce kadai ake amfani da makaman kare dangi a yakin basasa.An samu amincewar Burtaniya kan harin bam, kamar yadda yarjejeniyar Quebec ta bukata, kuma a ranar 25 ga Yuli, Janar Thomas Handy, mukaddashin babban hafsan hafsoshin sojojin Amurka, ya ba da umarnin a yi amfani da bama-baman na nukiliya. Hiroshima, Kokura, Niigata, and Nagasaki.A ranar 6 ga Agusta, an jefa wani karamin yaro a Hiroshima, wanda Firayim Minista Suzuki ya sake nanata kudurin gwamnatin Japan na yin watsi da bukatun kawancen da yaki.Bayan kwana uku, an jefar da wani Mutum mai Kiba akan Nagasaki.A cikin watanni biyu zuwa hudu masu zuwa, sakamakon harin bam na nukiliya ya kashe mutane tsakanin 90,000 zuwa 146,000 a Hiroshima da kuma mutane 39,000 da 80,000 a Nagasaki;kusan rabin ya faru a ranar farko.Bayan watanni da yawa, mutane da yawa sun ci gaba da mutuwa daga sakamakon konewa, cututtuka na radiation, da raunuka, da rashin lafiya da rashin abinci mai gina jiki.Ko da yake Hiroshima tana da sansanin soji da yawa, yawancin wadanda suka mutu farar hula ne.
1945 - 1952
Sana'a da Sake Ginawaornament
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1945 Sep 2 - 1952

Ma'aikata na Japan

Japan
Tare da shan kashi naDaular Japan , Ƙungiyoyin Ƙungiyoyin Ƙwaƙwalwa sun narkar da shi tare da sanya yankuna a karkashin mamaya.Tarayyar Soviet ta kasance alhakin Koriya ta Arewa, kuma ta mamaye tsibirin Kuril da kudancin tsibirin Sakhalin.Amurka ta dauki alhakin sauran kayayyakin da Japan ta mallaka a yankin Oceania tare da kwace Koriya ta Kudu.A halin da ake ciki, kasar Sin, ta sake komawa cikin yakin basasa , tare da 'yan gurguzu suna iko da 1949.Ranar 3 ga Mayu 1947, Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Japan ya fara aiki.Wannan ya canza Daular Japan zuwa Jahar Japan (Nihon Koku, 日本国) tare da dimokuradiyya mai sassaucin ra'ayi.An kwance wa sojojin Japan makamai gaba daya kuma an soke cikar mulkin sarki ta Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Bayan Yaƙin.Mataki na 9 ya mayar da Japan kasa mai zaman lafiya ba tare da soja ba.Shigeru Yoshida an zabe shi a matsayin firaministan kasar Japan daga 1946 zuwa 1947 da kuma daga 1948 zuwa 1954. Manufarsa da aka fi sani da "Yoshida Doctrine" ta jaddada dogaro da soja ga Amurka da kuma inganta ci gaban tattalin arzikin da ba a tauyewa ba.A ranar 8 ga Satumbar 1951, Amurka ta kawo karshen mamayar da kawancen da Amurka ke jagoranta bayan sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar San Francisco, wadda ta fara aiki a ranar 28 ga Afrilu, 1952. Ya maido da mulkin kasar Japan.A wannan rana, an rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar tsaro tsakanin Amurka da Japan yayin da yakin cacar baki ya tashi;Daga baya aka maye gurbinsa da yarjejeniyar haɗin gwiwa da tsaro tsakanin Amurka da Japan na 1960.Yarjejeniyar 1960 ta bukaci Amurka ta kare Japan daga cin zarafi na waje.Yana ba da damar zama sojojin Amurka a Japan.A halin yanzu, sojojin ƙasa na Japan da na ruwa suna magance barazanar cikin gida da bala'o'i.Wannan ya kafa kawancen Amurka da Japan.A ƙarshen 1940s, an sami jam'iyyun mazan jiya guda biyu (Jam'iyyar Democratic Party da Liberal Party);Bayan jerin haɗe-haɗe, sun haɗu a 1955 a matsayin jam'iyyar Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).A shekara ta 1955, tsarin siyasa ya daidaita a cikin abin da ake kira Tsarin 1955.Manyan jam’iyyun biyu sun hada da LDP masu ra’ayin rikau da kuma Social Democratic Party mai ra’ayin rikau.A cikin tsawon lokacin 1955 zuwa 2007, LDP ta kasance mai rinjaye (tare da ɗan gajeren lokaci a cikin 1993-94).LDP ta kasance mai goyan bayan kasuwanci, ɗan Amurka, kuma tana da tushe mai ƙarfi na karkara.
1952 - 1973
Ci gaban Tattalin Arziki cikin gaggawaornament
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1952 Jan 1 - 1992

Mu'ujiza tattalin arzikin Japan

Japan
Mu'ujizar tattalin arziƙin Jafananci tana nufin tarihin tarihin bunƙasar tattalin arziƙin Japan tsakanin yakin duniya na biyu da kuma ƙarshen yakin cacar baka .A lokacin bunkasuwar tattalin arziki, Japan ta zama kasa ta biyu mafi karfin tattalin arziki a duniya (bayan Amurka).A cikin shekarun 1990s, kididdigar al'ummar Japan ta fara raguwa, kuma yawan ma'aikata ba ya karuwa da sauri kamar yadda yake a cikin shekarun da suka gabata duk da yawan yawan ma'aikacin da ya rage.
Dokar Sojojin Kare Kai
Alamar Rundunar Kare Kai ta Ƙasar Japan ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1954 Jul 1

Dokar Sojojin Kare Kai

Japan
Ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1954, Dokar Tsaro ta Kai (Dokar 165 ta 1954) ta sake tsara Hukumar Tsaro ta Kasa a matsayin Hukumar Tsaro a ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1954. Bayan haka, an sake tsara Rundunar Tsaro ta Kasa a matsayin Rundunar Tsaro ta Kasa ta Japan. (GSDF).An sake tsara Rundunar Tsaro ta bakin teku a matsayin Rundunar Kariyar Kai ta Maritime ta Japan (JMSDF).An kafa Rundunar Tsaron Kai ta Japan (JASDF) a matsayin sabon reshe na JSDF.Waɗannan su ne sojojin Japan na baya-bayan nan, sojojin ruwa da na sama.
Japan ta shiga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya
An daga tutar kasar Japan hedkwatar Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a birnin New York, inda aka amince da karbar Japan a matsayin mamba.Dama daga tsakiya shine ministan harkokin waje Mamoru Shigemitsu. ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1956 Dec 12

Japan ta shiga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya

Japan

Japan ta shiga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya

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1957 Jan 1 - 1960

Anpo zanga-zangar

Japan
Zanga-zangar Anpo ta kasance jerin gaggarumin zanga-zanga a ko'ina cikin kasar Japan daga 1959 zuwa 1960, da kuma a cikin 1970, don adawa da yarjejeniyar tsaron Amurka da Japan, wadda ita ce yarjejeniyar da ta bai wa Amurka damar rike sansanonin soji a kasar Japan.Sunan zanga-zangar ya fito ne daga kalmar Jafananci don "Yarjejeniyar Tsaro," wanda shine Anzen Hoshō Jōyaku, ko kuma kawai Anpo a takaice.An gudanar da zanga-zangar a 1959 da 1960 don adawa da sake fasalin 1960 na ainihin yarjejeniyar tsaro ta 1952, kuma a ƙarshe ta zama zanga-zangar mafi girma a zamanin yau na Japan.A ƙarshen zanga-zangar da aka yi a watan Yunin 1960, dubban ɗaruruwan masu zanga-zangar ne suka kewaye ginin ginin abinci na ƙasar Japan da ke Tokyo a kusan kowace rana, kuma an gudanar da gagarumin zanga-zanga a wasu birane da garuruwa a duk faɗin Japan.A ranar 15 ga watan Yuni, masu zanga-zangar sun kutsa kai cikin harabar Diet da kanta, lamarin da ya kai ga wata mummunar arangama da 'yan sanda inda wata dalibar jami'ar Tokyo mai suna Michiko Kanba ta mutu.Bayan faruwar wannan lamari, an soke ziyarar da shugaban Amurka Dwight D. Eisenhower zai kai kasar Japan, inda aka tilastawa firaministan masu ra'ayin rikau Nobusuke Kishi yin murabus.
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1964 Oct 1

Tokaidō Shinkansen

Osaka, Japan
Tkaidō Shinkansen ya fara hidima a ranar 1 ga Oktoba 1964, a lokacin gasar Olympics ta Tokyo ta farko.Sabis ɗin da aka saba da shi na Limited Express ya ɗauki sa'o'i shida da mintuna 40 daga Tokyo zuwa Osaka, amma Shinkansen sun yi balaguron cikin sa'o'i huɗu kawai, ya rage zuwa sa'o'i uku da minti goma a 1965. Ya ba da damar yin balaguro na rana tsakanin Tokyo da Osaka, manyan biranen biyu mafi girma. a Japan, ya canza salon kasuwanci da rayuwar jama'ar Japan sosai, tare da haɓaka sabbin hanyoyin zirga-zirga.Sabis ɗin ya kasance nasara nan da nan, wanda ya kai alamar fasinja miliyan 100 a ƙasa da shekaru uku a ranar 13 ga Yuli 1967, da fasinjoji biliyan ɗaya a 1976. An ƙaddamar da jiragen ƙasa na motoci goma sha shida don Expo '70 a Osaka.Tare da matsakaita na fasinjoji 23,000 a kowace awa a kowace hanya a cikin 1992, Tkaidō Shinkansen shine layin dogo mafi sauri mafi sauri a duniya.Ya zuwa shekarar 2014, bikin cika shekaru 50 na jirgin, zirga-zirgar fasinja na yau da kullun ya karu zuwa 391,000 wanda, ya bazu kan jadawalin sa'o'i 18, yana wakiltar matsakaicin fasinja 22,000 kawai a cikin awa daya.Jirgin kasa na Shinkansen na farko, jerin 0, yana gudana cikin sauri har zuwa 210 km/h (130 mph), daga baya ya karu zuwa 220 km/h (137 mph).
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1964 Oct 10

1964 Wasannin Olympics

Tokyo, Japan
Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 1964 taron wasanni ne na kasa da kasa da aka gudanar daga ranar 10 zuwa 24 ga Oktoba 1964 a Tokyo, Tokyo an zabi shi a matsayin birni mai masaukin baki yayin zama na 55 na IOC a Jamus ta Yamma a ranar 26 ga Mayu 1959. Wasannin bazara na 1964 sune wasannin Olympics na farko da aka gudanar. a Asiya.Wasannin na 1964 kuma su ne na farko da aka watsa ta wayar tarho a duniya ba tare da bukatar yin jigilar kaset din zuwa ketare ba, kamar yadda aka yi a gasar Olympics ta 1960 shekaru hudu da suka gabata.Waɗannan kuma su ne wasannin Olympics na farko da aka yi watsa shirye-shiryen telebijin masu launi, ko da wani ɓangare.An gwada wasu abubuwan da suka faru kamar sumo kokawa da wasan judo, wasanni da suka shahara a Japan, ta hanyar amfani da sabon tsarin watsa launi na Toshiba, amma don kasuwar cikin gida.An ba da tarihin wasannin Olympic na 1964 a cikin fim ɗin wasan kwaikwayo na 1965 Tokyo Olympiad, wanda Kon Ichikawa ya jagoranta.An shirya gudanar da wasannin ne a tsakiyar watan Oktoba domin kaucewa zafi da zafi a birnin da kuma lokacin guguwar Satumba.
Yarjejeniya ta asali kan alakar da ke tsakanin Japan da Jamhuriyar Koriya
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1965 Jun 22

Yarjejeniya ta asali kan alakar da ke tsakanin Japan da Jamhuriyar Koriya

Korea

A ranar 22 ga watan Yunin shekarar 1965 aka rattaba hannu kan yerjejeniya kan dangantaka ta asali tsakanin Japan da Koriya ta Kudu.

Rikicin akuya
Wani dan sandan Okinawan ne ya binciki barnar da aka yi sa'o'i bayan tarzomar ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1970 Dec 20

Rikicin akuya

Koza [Okinawashi Teruya](via C
Rikicin na Koza ya kasance mummunar zanga-zangar nuna rashin amincewa da kasancewar sojojin Amurka a Okinawa, wanda ya faru a daren 20 ga Disamba, 1970, zuwa safiyar washegari.Kimanin 'yan Okinawan 5,000 ne suka yi arangama da kusan 'yan majalisar dokokin Amurka 700 a wani lamari da ake kallon a matsayin alamar fushin Okinawan kan mamayar sojojin Amurka na shekaru 25.A cikin tarzomar, kimanin Amurkawa 60 da Okinawan 27 ne suka jikkata, an kona motoci 80, sannan an lalata wasu gine-gine da ke sansanin jiragen sama na Kadena ko kuma an lalata su sosai.
Yarjejeniyar Juyawar Okinawa ta 1971
Naha Okinawa a cikin 1970s ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).
1971 Jan 1

Yarjejeniyar Juyawar Okinawa ta 1971

Okinawa, Japan
Yarjejeniyar Juyawar Okinawa yarjejeniya ce tsakanin Amurka da Japan inda Amurka ta yi watsi da goyon bayan Japan ga duk wani hakki da muradu karkashin Mataki na III na yarjejeniyar San Francisco, wanda aka samu a sakamakon yakin Pacific, kuma don haka mayar da yankin Okinawa zuwa ikon mallakar Japan.An sanya hannu kan takardar a lokaci guda a Washington, DC, da Tokyo a ranar 17 ga Yuni, 1971, ta William P. Rogers a madadin shugaban Amurka Richard Nixon da Kiichi Aichi a madadin Firayim Ministan Japan Eisaku Sato.Ba a tabbatar da daftarin aiki a Japan ba har sai Nuwamba 24, 1971, ta Cibiyar Abinci ta Ƙasa.
1974 - 1986
Tsayawa da Tattalin Arzikin Kumfaornament
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1979 Jan 1

Walkman

Japan
Walkman alama ce ta 'yan wasan sauti masu ɗaukar nauyi wanda kamfanin fasahar Japan na Sony ke kerawa da tallata su tun 1979. Walkman na asali ɗan kaset ne mai ɗaukar hoto kuma shahararsa ya sanya "walkman" kalmar da ba ta hukumance ba don sitiriyo na kowane mai samarwa ko alama.A shekara ta 2010, lokacin da aka daina samarwa, Sony ya gina Walkmans na kaset kusan miliyan 200. An tsawaita alamar Walkman don yin hidima ga mafi yawan na'urorin sauti na Sony šaukuwa, gami da 'yan wasan DAT, 'yan wasan MiniDisc, masu rikodin CD, 'yan wasan CD (asali Discman sannan ya sake suna CD. Walkman), rediyon transistor, wayoyin hannu, da ƴan wasan dijital na audio/media.Tun daga 2011, kewayon Walkman ya ƙunshi ƴan wasan dijital keɓanta.
Mafi Girma Kera Motoci
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1980 Jan 1

Mafi Girma Kera Motoci

Japan

Japan ta zama kasa mafi girma da ke samar da motoci a duniya tare da motocin 11,042,884 idan aka kwatanta da Amurka 8,009,841.

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1980 Jan 1

Anime Jafananci

Japan
Farkon 1980s ya ga gabatarwar anime Jafananci cikin al'adun Amurka da yamma.A cikin 1990s, wasan kwaikwayo na Japan sannu a hankali ya sami shahara a Amurka.A cikin 1960s, mai zanen manga kuma mai raye-raye Osamu Tezuka ya daidaita tare da sauƙaƙe dabarun wasan kwaikwayo na Disney don rage farashi da iyakance ƙidayar firam a cikin abubuwan da ya kera.Asali an yi niyya azaman matakan wucin gadi don ba shi damar samar da kayan aiki akan jadawali tare da ƙwararrun ma'aikata, yawancin ƙayyadaddun ayyukan raye-rayen sa sun zo don ayyana salon matsakaici.Tatsuniyoyi uku (1960) shine fim ɗin anime na farko da aka watsa akan talabijin;jerin talabijin na anime na farko shine Tarihin Nan take (1961–64).Nasarar farko kuma mai tasiri shine Astro Boy (1963–66), jerin talabijin wanda Tezuka ya jagoranta dangane da manga mai suna iri ɗaya.Yawancin masu raye-raye a Tezuka's Mushi Production daga baya sun kafa manyan gidajen wasan kwaikwayo (ciki har da Madhouse, Sunrise, da Pierrot).A shekarun 1970s sun sami bunƙasa a cikin shaharar manga, wanda yawancinsu daga baya an raye-raye.Ayyukan Tezuka—da na sauran majagaba a fagen—wasu halaye da nau'o'in halaye waɗanda suka kasance ainihin abubuwan anime a yau.Babban nau'in mutum-mutumi (wanda aka fi sani da "mecha"), alal misali, ya kasance a ƙarƙashin Tezuka, ya zama babban nau'in robot a ƙarƙashin Go Nagai da sauransu, kuma Yoshiyuki Tomino ya kawo sauyi a ƙarshen shekaru goma, wanda ya haɓaka ainihin gaske. nau'in robot.Jerin anime na Robot kamar Gundam da Super Dimension Fortress Macross sun zama manyan kayan tarihi a cikin 1980s, kuma nau'in ya kasance ɗayan shahararrun a cikin shekaru masu zuwa.Tattalin arzikin kumfa na shekarun 1980 ya haifar da sabon zamani na manyan kasafin kuɗi da fina-finan anime na gwaji, gami da Nausicaä na kwarin iska (1984), Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise (1987), da Akira (1988).Neon Farawa Evangelion (1995), jerin talabijin da Gainax ya samar kuma Hideaki Anno ya jagoranta, ya fara wani zamani na taken anime na gwaji, kamar Ghost in the Shell (1995) da Cowboy Bebop (1998).A cikin 1990s, anime kuma ya fara jawo sha'awar ƙasashen Yamma;Manyan nasarorin da aka samu na kasa da kasa sun hada da Sailor Moon da Dragon Ball Z, dukansu an sanya su cikin harsuna sama da dozin a duk duniya.A cikin 2003, Spirited Away, wani fim ɗin fasalin Studio Ghibli wanda Hayao Miyazaki ya jagoranta, ya lashe lambar yabo ta Academy don Mafi kyawun fasalin raye-raye a lambar yabo ta 75th Academy.Daga baya ya zama fim ɗin anime mafi girma da aka samu, inda ya sami sama da dala miliyan 355.Tun daga 2000s, ƙara yawan ayyukan anime sun kasance daidaitawar litattafan haske da litattafan gani;misalan nasara sun haɗa da The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya da Fate/Stay night (duka 2006).Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Fim din: Mugen Train ya zama fim din Japan da ya fi samun kudin shiga kuma daya daga cikin fina-finan da suka fi samun kudi a duniya a shekarar 2020. Har ila yau ya zama fim din da ya fi kawo kudi cikin sauri a fina-finan Japan, domin a cikin kwanaki 10 ya samu yen biliyan 10. ($95.3m; £72m).Ya doke rikodin baya na Spirited Away wanda ya ɗauki kwanaki 25.
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1985 Oct 18

Nintendo

Nintendo, 11-1 Kamitoba Hokoda
A cikin 1985, masana'antar wasan bidiyo ta gida ta sake farfado da nasarar da aka samu na Tsarin Nishaɗi na Nintendo.Nasarar NES ta nuna canji a cikin mamaye masana'antar wasan bidiyo daga Amurka zuwa Japan yayin ƙarni na uku na consoles.
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1987 Apr 1

Keɓance hanyoyin jiragen ƙasa na Japan

Japan
Rushewar tsarin mallakar gwamnati ya biyo bayan tuhume-tuhumen da ake yi na gazawa wajen gudanar da mulki, hasarar riba, da kuma zamba.A farkon shekarun 1980, kasuwancin fasinja da jigilar kaya ya ragu, kuma karuwar farashin kaya ya kasa ci gaba da tsadar farashin aiki.Layukan dogo na Jafananci sun zama masu zaman kansu kuma an raba su zuwa kamfanoni bakwai na JR (Japan Railways), kamfanonin yanki shida da jigilar kaya daya.Sabbin kamfanonin sun gabatar da gasar, sun yanke ma’aikatansu, tare da yin gyare-gyare.Halin farko na jama'a game da waɗannan motsi yana da kyau: haɗuwa da fasinja a kan kamfanonin fasinja na Railways na Japan a cikin 1987 ya kasance kilomita 204.7 na fasinja-kilomita, sama da 3.2% daga 1986, yayin da fasinja a baya ya kasance mai tsauri tun 1975. Haɓaka a cikin fasinja. zirga-zirgar jiragen kasa masu zaman kansu a shekarar 1987 ya kai kashi 2.6%, wanda hakan ke nufin cewa adadin karuwar da kamfanin jiragen kasa na Japan ya samu ya zarce na layin dogo masu zaman kansu a karon farko tun 1974. Bukatar sufurin jiragen kasa ta inganta, ko da yake har yanzu yana da kashi 28% kawai. na sufurin fasinja da kuma kashi 5% na jigilar kaya a shekarar 1990. Jirgin fasinja na jirgin kasa ya fi motoci sama da ingancin makamashi da kuma saurin sufuri mai nisa.
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1989 Jan 7

Emperor Showa ya mutu

Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
A ranar 7 ga Janairun 1989, Sarkin sarakuna Shōwa, Sarkin Japan na 124 bisa ga tsarin gargajiya na gado, ya mutu a cikin barcinsa da ƙarfe 6:33 na safe JST bayan ya sha fama da ciwon daji na hanji na ɗan lokaci.Yana da shekaru 87 a duniya.An yi jana'izar marigayi Sarkin a ranar 24 ga Fabrairu, lokacin da aka binne shi kusa da iyayensa a makabartar Musashi Imperial da ke Hachiōji, Tokyo.Babban ɗansa, Akihito ne ya gaje shi Sarkin sarakuna, wanda aka gudanar da bikin naɗa shi a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba 1990. Mutuwar Sarkin sarakuna ta ƙare zamanin Showa.A wannan rana wani sabon zamani ya fara: zamanin Heisei, mai tasiri da tsakar dare washegari.Daga 7 ga Janairu har zuwa 31 ga Janairu, a hukumance na Sarkin sarakuna shi ne "The Departed Sarkin sarakuna."Tabbataccen sunansa na baya-bayan nan, Shōwa Tennō, an ƙaddara shi a ranar 13 ga Janairu kuma Toshiki Kaifu, Firayim Minista ya sake shi a hukumance a ranar 31 ga Janairu.

Characters



Yōsuke Matsuoka

Yōsuke Matsuoka

Minister of Foreign Affairs

Hideki Tojo

Hideki Tojo

Japanese General

Wakatsuki Reijirō

Wakatsuki Reijirō

Prime Minister of Japan

Emperor Hirohito

Emperor Hirohito

Emperor of Japan

Hamaguchi Osachi

Hamaguchi Osachi

Prime Minister of Japan

Hayato Ikeda

Hayato Ikeda

Prime Minister of Japan

Shigeru Yoshida

Shigeru Yoshida

Prime Minister of Japan

Katō Takaaki

Katō Takaaki

Prime Minister of Japan

Saburo Okita

Saburo Okita

Japanese Economist

Eisaku Satō

Eisaku Satō

Prime Minister of Japan

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