Japanese anti-communists

Shinzo Abe was a Japanese statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2006 to 2007 and again from 2012 to 2020. He was the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history, serving for nearly nine years.

, known colloquially by his personal name was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He remains the longest-reigning emperor in Japanese history and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world. As emperor during the Shōwa era, Hirohito presided over the rise of Japanese militarism, the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Asia-Pacific theater of World War II, and the nation's postwar economic miracle.

Sanae Takaichi is a Japanese politician who has been Prime Minister of Japan and President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since October 2025. She is the first woman to hold either of these positions in Japanese history. A member of the House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003 and since 2005, she also held ministerial posts during the premierships of Shinzo Abe and Fumio Kishida.

Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009

Prime Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972

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Prime minister of Japan (1878–1967)

56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan (1896–1987)

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Japanese politician (born 1952)

Japanese politician (1860-1926)

Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)

Japanese ultranationalist who assassinated Inejiro Asanuma (1943–1960)

Japanese general (1885-1948)

Imperial Japanese field marshal (1880–1945)

Japanese Christian social reformer (1888–1960)

Japanese politician (born 1969)

Japanese politician (1874-1955)

Japanese composer (1929–1997)

Japanese politician (1944-2015)

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Japanese general (1875–1962)

Japanese diplomat (1882-1962)

Japanese ultranationalist political activist (1899–1990)

Officer/Imperial Japanese army (1891-1945)

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Japanese general (1882-1948)

Japanese politician (1889-1977)

Japanese politician

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Japanese politician

Japanese singer (1923-2001)

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Japanese businessman, politician and philanthropist (1899–1995)

Japanese political activist (1972-)

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English scholar and critic

Japanese journalist, non-fiction writer, critic (1940-2021)

Japanese politician (1925-1983)

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Japanese journalist and columnist

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Japanese critic and politician

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