{"slug": "prime-minister-of-japan", "label": "Prime Minister of Japan", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274948", "qid": "Q274948", "description": "head of government of Japan", "entries": 26, "years": 22, "span": [1848, 2025], "span_label": ["1848 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 12}, {"title": "Births", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 4}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 4}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Japanese Prime Minister", "Japanese prime minister"], "related": [{"slug": "north-korea", "label": "North Korea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "liaodong-peninsula", "label": "Liaodong Peninsula", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "manchuria", "label": "Manchuria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nara-city", "label": "Nara (city)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1848, "year_label": "1848 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "January 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"December 30 - Hideki Tojo (d. 1948), leader of the Imperial Rule Assistance Association and the 40th Prime Minister of Japan", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1345101819#Births", "title": "1884 in Japan", "revid": 1345101819, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1895, "year_label": "1895 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 5", "text": "May 5 – Prime Minister of Japan Ito Hirobumi announces withdrawal of Japanese troops from Liaodong Peninsula", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303823925#Events", "title": "1895 in China", "revid": 1303823925, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1898, "year_label": "1898 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12 – Ito Hirobumi begins his third term as Prime Minister.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1279198679#Events", "title": "1898 in Japan", "revid": 1279198679, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1909, "year_label": 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assassinated while giving a public speech in the city of Nara, Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371998228#July", "title": "2022", "revid": 1371998228, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 21", "text": "October 21 – Sanae Takaichi becomes the first female Prime Minister of Japan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#October", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › October"}}]}