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      • Akihito[a] (born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th Emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei (平成) era, Heisei being an expression of achieving peace worldwide.
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    Akihito[a] (born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th Emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei (平成) era, Heisei being an expression of achieving peace worldwide.

  3. Sep 18, 2024 · Akihito, emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019. As scion of the oldest imperial family in the world, he was, according to tradition, the 125th direct descendant of Jimmu, Japan’s legendary first emperor. In April 2019 he became the first Japanese emperor in more than two centuries to formally abdicate the throne.

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  4. Apr 29, 2019 · The first thing you need to remember is that Akihito is the son of Hirohito, the god-like emperor who reigned over Japan during its nearly 15-year rampage across Asia in the 1930s and 40s.

  5. Apr 29, 2019 · The first thing you need to remember is that Akihito is the son of Hirohito, the god-like emperor who reigned over Japan during its nearly 15-year rampage across Asia in the 1930s and 40s.

    • He has a really long family history. Born 23 December 1933, he is the 125th emperor of a line which is traced back more than 2,600 years, according to official genealogies.
    • But his marriage broke with tradition. Image source, Getty Images/Asahi Shimbun. The then Crown Prince Akihito married a commoner in 1959, ending a 1,500-year-old tradition.
    • He sits on the Chrysanthemum Throne. High-ranking Japanese families traditionally have a family emblem - in the case of the emperor's ancestors it was the chrysanthemum.
    • He is not a god. Hirohito publicly renounced his divinity at the end of World War Two, as part of Japan's surrender. Image source, AFP. Image caption, Divine or not, the emperor is still the chief priest of Shinto, Japan's indigenous religion.
  6. Apr 30, 2019 · He is the first Japanese monarch to stand down in more than 200 years. Akihito technically remained emperor until midnight (15:00 GMT on Tuesday). His eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito,...

  7. Akihito, or Heisei emperor, (born Dec. 23, 1933, Tokyo, Japan), Emperor of Japan from 1989. Son of Hirohito, his role, like that of his father after 1945, has been largely ceremonial.