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    85-year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicated from the Chrysanthemum Throne after reigning for 30 years, becoming the first Emperor of Japan to do so...
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    Tennō) as the 125th emperor of Japan by order of the Cabinet. Upon Akihito's abdication on 30 April 2019, he received the title Emperor Emeritus (上皇, Jōkō)...
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    reported that Emperor Akihito intended to abdicate in favour of his eldest son Crown Prince Naruhito within a few years, citing his age; an abdication within...
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  • Naruhito April 30, 2019: Abdication of Emperor Akihito October 22, 2019: Official Enthronement Ceremony of the current Emperor (Naruhito) Beginning in...
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    1779 until his abdication in 1817 in favor of his son, Emperor Ninkō. After his abdication, he ruled as Daijō Tennō (太上天皇, Abdicated Emperor) also known...
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    in short Emperor Abdication Law (Japanese: 天皇退位特例法), is a Japanese law enacted for the abdication of Akihito, the 125th Emperor of Japan. The special...
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    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. He...
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    the abdication of his father, Emperor Akihito, on 1 May 2019. He is the only remaining monarch and head of state in the world who holds the title of Emperor...
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  • Daijō Tennō (redirect from Emperor Daijo)
    Archived 2008-01-19 at the Wayback Machine "Emperor Akihito to Be Called Emperor Emeritus after Abdication". Nippon.com. 25 February 2019. Archived from...
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    two of the Imperial Regalia – featured twice during the ceremonies: During the abdication of Emperor Akihito on 30 April, and during the accession of Emperor...
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  • 2019 in Japan (category Years of the 21st century in Japan)
    history of Japan, it marks the final year of Heisei period, Heisei 30, after the abdication of Emperor Akihito on April 30, and the beginning of the Reiwa...
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    Japan (redirect from State of Japan)
    disaster. On May 1, 2019, after the historic abdication of Emperor Akihito, his son Naruhito became Emperor, beginning the Reiwa era. Japan comprises 14...
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    "Japan's Emperor Akihito hints at wish to abdicate". BBC News. August 8, 2016. Retrieved February 10, 2024. "Japan passes landmark bill for Emperor Akihito to...
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    eldest son, Akihito. By 1979, Hirohito was the only remaining monarch in the world with the title "Emperor", after Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Emperor of Central...
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    two of the Imperial Regalia – featured twice during the ceremonies: During the abdication of Emperor Akihito on 30 April, and during the accession of Emperor...
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    October 1934) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan. She was Empress of Japan as the wife of Akihito, the 125th Emperor of Japan reigning from 7 January...
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    ) was the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of Emperor Emeritus Akihito from 8 January 1989 until his abdication on 30 April 2019...
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    Motoko Rich (category Year of birth missing (living people))
    2020 Summer Olympics, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Abdication of Emperor Akihito, the assassination of Shinzo Abe, North Korea–United States relations,...
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  • "Hirohito", p. 318. Nussbaum, "Akihito", p. 19. "Japan's Emperor thanks country, prays for peace before abdication". Nikkei Asian Review. Retrieved...
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    Family: Emperor Naruhito, the eldest son and first child of the Emperor Emeritus Akihito and the Empress Emerita Michiko, was born in the Hospital of the...
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    the first emperor to reign under the "one emperor, one era name"-system (一世一元), under which an era ends only on emperor's death or abdication, whereas...
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    imina) was Akihito (顕仁). Sutoku was the eldest son of Emperor Toba. Some old texts say he was instead the son of Toba's grandfather, Emperor Shirakawa...
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    (Takahito, Prince Mikasa). Emperor Showa was enthroned on 10 November 1928 at the Kyoto Imperial Palace. Emperor Akihito was enthroned on 12 November...
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    Reiwa era (category Wikipedia articles in need of updating from July 2020)
    the throne as the 126th Emperor of Japan. The day before, Emperor Akihito abdicated the Chrysanthemum Throne, marking the end of the Heisei era. The year...
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    (待賢門院), Fujiwara no Kinzane‘s daughter First Son: Imperial Prince Akihito (顕仁親王) later Emperor Sutoku First Daughter: Imperial Princess Yoshiko/Kishi (禧子内親王;...
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    performed once during their reign. Akihito performed it in November 1990 and Naruhito on 14 November 2019. The emperor offers gifts such as rice, kelp,...
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    abdication of his father, the 125th Emperor, Akihito. Emperor Akihito had received special permission to abdicate, rather than serving in his role until...
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    23 February as Emperor Naruhito was born on that day in 1960. It is enforced by the Emperor Abdication Law passed in 2017. The name of Tenchosetsu (天長節)...
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  • his own abdication law in front of PM Rajoy, June 2014 Lists of monarchs who lost their thrones Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Charles I of Spain were...
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    Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni (category Members of the House of Peers (Japan))
    of the imperial family had approved Emperor Shōwa's abdication, with Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu serving as regent until Crown Prince Akihito came of age...
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