1- <em>Emperor Hirohito ascends the throne</em>
2-<em> Japan faces a major economic crisis</em>
3- <em>Japan attacks Manchuria</em>
4- <em>Japan withdraws from the League of Nations</em>
5- <em>The Second Sino-Japanese War begins</em>
6- <em>Japan joins the Axis powers</em>
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Hirohito, emperor of Japan from 1926 until his death in 1989, was seen as a deity by the Japanese. Always dressed in imposing and impeccable clothes, he was considered a descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu.