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The emperor of Japan [c] [d] is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan. The emperor is defined by the Constitution of Japan as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, his position deriving from "the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power". [4] The Imperial Household Law governs the line of ...
Son of Emperor Meiji. Taishō Democracy shifted political power from the genrō to the Imperial Diet and political parties. His eldest son, Crown Prince Hirohito, served as Sesshō ( 摂政; "Regent") from 1921 to 1926 because of Taishō's illness. [143] [144] 124. Hirohito. 裕仁. Emperor Shōwa. 昭和天皇. 25 December 1926.
Naruhito[ a ] (born 23 February 1960) is Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era, following the abdication of his father, Akihito. [ 1 ] He is the 126th monarch according to Japan's traditional order of succession . He was born in Tokyo during the reign of his grandfather Hirohito ...
Hirohito in 1902 as an infant Emperor Taishō's four sons in 1921: Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito and Yasuhito. Hirohito was born at Aoyama Palace in Tokyo (during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji) on 29 April 1901, [2] the first son of 21-year-old Crown prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) and 16-year-old Crown Princess Sadako (the future Empress Teimei). [3]
The emperor's trip is the third state visit of Charles' reign, and the first since it was revealed earlier this year that the British monarch had been diagnosed with cancer.
The rulers of Japan have been its Emperors, whether effectively or nominally, for its entire recorded history.These include the ancient legendary emperors, the attested but undated emperors of the Yamato period (early fifth to early 6th centuries), and the clearly dated emperors of 539 to the present.
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's 85-year-old Emperor Akihito ends his three-decade reign on Tuesday and his son Crown Prince Naruhito will ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne on Wednesday. Some key questions ...
e. Akihito[a](born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japanwho reigned as the 125th emperor of Japanfrom 1989 until his abdicationin 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei(平成)era, Heiseibeing an expression of achieving peace worldwide. [1] Born in 1933, Akihito is the fifth child and first son of Emperor ...