Asia
- China (Ming Dynasty) - Zhengde Emperor (1505–1521)
- Cochin - Unniraman Koyikal II, King of Cochin (1503-1537)
- Japan (Sengoku period)
- Monarch - Emperor Go-Kashiwabara (1500–1526)
- Shogun (Ashikaga) -
- Ashikaga Yoshizumi (1494–1508)
- Ashikaga Yoshitane (1508–1521)
- Korea (Joseon Dynasty) - Jungjong (1506–1544)
- Mongolia - Dayan Khan (1478–1516)
- Ryūkyū Kingdom - Shō Shin (1477–1526)
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“I believe that the fundamental proposition is that we must recognize that the hostilities in Europe, in Africa, and in Asia are all parts of a single world conflict. We must, consequently, recognize that our interests are menaced both in Europe and in the Far East.”
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