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Japan became the second largest economy in the world by 1989, during Hirohito's reign from 1926 to 1989, which included World War II and post-war recovery.
Hideki Tojo was Prime Minister of Japan from 1941 to 1944 and played a crucial role in instigating World War II in the Pacific.
Emperor Jimmu is said to have ruled from 660 BC, making the Japanese Imperial family the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world.
Japan's history includes the Jomon period, which dates back to 10,000 BC, when nomadic hunter-gatherers first inhabited the islands.
On August 6, 1945, the B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb, called Little Boy, on Hiroshima, killing over 140,000 people by the end of the year.
