{"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": 34, "years": 30, "span": [1856, 2025], "span_label": ["1856 CE", "2025 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 13}, {"title": "Births", "count": 9}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 8}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "manchuria", "label": "Manchuria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nara-nara", "label": "Nara, Nara", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1856, "year_label": "1856 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – Hara Takashi, Japanese politician, 10th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1921)", "cite": {"url": 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