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Naruhito is the current emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne upon 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 . Constitutional role.
On 1 December 2017, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Naruhito's father, Emperor Akihito, would abdicate on 30 April 2019, and that Naruhito would become the 126th Emperor of Japan as of 1 May 2019.
Japan has been ruled by emperors since antiquity. The sequence, order and dates of the early emperors are almost entirely based on the 8th-century Nihon Shoki, which was meant to retroactively legitimise the imperial dynasty by dating its foundation further back to the year 660 BCE.
Jul 7, 2024 · Naruhito (born February 23, 1960, Tokyo, Japan) is the emperor of Japan from 2019. He is Japan’s 126th emperor, and, according to tradition, traces his lineage directly to Jimmu, the legendary first emperor of Japan.
Jul 10, 2019 · The emperor of Japan is a position as the head of state which traditionally dates back to the 7th century BCE and the legendary figure of Emperor Jimmu (r. 660-585 BCE). Emperors came to be known as...
Japan officially began a new era on 1 May when Crown Prince Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne as the new emperor. The day before, his father Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese...
The list of emperors of Japan presents the traditional order of succession. [1] Records of the reigns of the emperors of Japan were compiled according to the traditional Japanese calendar, [2] and these traditional dates have been converted into the Western calendar format.
