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=== Foreign honours ===
 Germany: Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (GCBVO)
 Finland: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, with Collar (1942)
 Norway: Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olav (StkStOO), with Collar (26 September 1922)
 Sweden: Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphim (RSerafO), with Collar (8 May 1919)
 Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant (RE) (24 January 1923)
 Poland: Knight of the Order of the White Eagle (1922)
 Thailand:
Knight of the Order of the Rajamitrabhorn (KRMBh) (27 May 1963)
Knight of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri (KMChk) (30 January 1925)
   Nepal: Member of the Most Glorious Order of Ojaswi Rajanya (19 April 1960)
 Philippines: Grand Collar of the Order of Sikatuna (28 September 1966)
 Brazil: Grand Cross of the National Order of the Southern Cross (1955)
 Italian Royal Family: Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (31 October 1916)
 Italy: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (OMRI), with Collar (9 March 1982)
 Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
 Malaysia: Honorary Recipient of the Order of the Crown of the Realm (DMN (K)) (1964)
 Tonga: Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Pouono (KGCCP), with Collar
 United Kingdom:
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) (May 1921)
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (civil division) (GCB) (May 1921)
Stranger Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter (KG) (3 May 1929; revoked in 1941; reinstated on 22 May 1971)
Fellow of the Royal Society (ForMemRS), 1971
 Brunei: First Class of the Order of the Crown of Brunei (SPMB) – Dato Seri Paduka
 Spain: Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece (6 October 1928)
 Spain: Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III, with Collar, 4 June 1923
 Greek Royal Family:
Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
Grand Cross of the Royal Family Order of Saints George and Constantine, with Collar
 Czechoslovakia: Collar of the Order of the White Lion, 1928
 Yugoslavia: Order of the Yugoslav Great Star, 8 April 1968
 Ethiopian Imperial Family: Collar of the Order of Solomon
 Russian Empire: Knight of the Order of Saint Andrew the Apostle the First-called, September 1916

== Issue ==
Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun had seven children (two sons and five daughters).

== Scientific publications ==
(1967) A review of the hydroids of the family Clathrozonidae with description of a new genus and species from Japan.
(1969) Some hydroids from the Amakusa Islands.
(1971) Additional notes on Clathrozoon wilsoni Spencer.
(1974) Some hydrozoans of the Bonin Islands.
(1977) Five hydroid species from the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea.
(1983) Hydroids from Izu Oshima and Nijima.
(1984) A new hydroid Hydractinia bayeri n. sp. (family Hydractiniidae) from the Bay of Panama.
(1988) The hydroids of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan.
(1995) The hydroids of Sagami Bay II. (posthumous)

== See also ==
Controversies regarding the role of the Emperor of Japan
Postwar Japan
Japanese nationalism

== Notes ==

== References ==

=== Citations ===

=== Books and academic journals ===

=== News articles ===

== Further reading ==
Brands, Hal. "The Emperor's New Clothes: American Views of Hirohito after World War II." Historian 68#1 pp. 1–28. online
Wilson, Sandra. "Enthroning Hirohito: Culture and Nation in 1920s Japan" Journal of Japanese Studies 37#2 (2011), pp. 289–323. online

== External links ==
 Media related to Emperor Shōwa at Wikimedia Commons
 Quotations related to Hirohito at Wikiquote
 Data related to Hirohito at Wikispecies
Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun at the Imperial Household Agency website (archived)
Reflections on Emperor Hirohito's death Archived 19 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Hirohito at IMDb
Newspaper clippings about Hirohito in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW