Biography"Emperor Shōwa (昭和, 29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), commonly known as Hirohito[a] (裕仁), was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was succeeded by his fifth child and eldest son, Akihito. By 1979, Hirohito was the only monarch in the world with the title "emperor". He was the longest-lived and longest-reigning historical Japanese emperor and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world."--Wikipedia, 2022
