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Historical Figures and Influential People in History
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Modern History Figures in East Asia
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Emperor Hirohito
1901–1989Japan
He presided over Japan's most aggressive imperial expansion, accepted its most complete defeat, and then spent the next forty years as a constitutional figurehead — and nobody could quite agree how much responsibility he bore.
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Xi Jinping
1953–?China
He rose through the party hierarchy, reached the top, and then changed the rules to stay there — positioning himself as China's most powerful leader since Mao.
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