Prime Minister of Japan Timeline of Events

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Prime Minister of Japan

The is the head of government of Japan. He is appointed by the Emperor of Japan after being designated by the Diet from among its members, and must enjoy the confidence of the House of Representatives to remain in office...

Timeline of Events

1885

12.22.1885

Ito Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.

1898

1.12.1898

Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister of Japan.

1921

11.4.1921

Japanese Prime Minister Hara Takashi is assassinated in Tokyo.

1932

5.15.1932

The May 15 Incident: in an attempted Coup d'état, the Prime Minister of Japan Inukai Tsuyoshi is killed.

1946

4.29.1946

Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes.

1965

8.19.1965

Japanese prime minister Eisaku Sato becomes the first post-World War II sitting prime minister to visit Okinawa.

1975

8.15.1975

Miki Takeo makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.

1976

7.27.1976

Former Japanese prime minister Kakuei Tanaka is arrested on suspicion of violating foreign exchange and foreign trade laws in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals.