jan 7, 593 - Empress Suiko rises to power.
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In 593, Japan took another political leap. Empress Suiko won the throne and named her 21-year-old nephew, Prince Shotoku, as her regent. However, Shotoku held most of the real power in Japan. He established the Japanese practice of having both a ruler in name only and an actual ruler.
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Early Japanese history
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