The historic abdication has resulted in an unprecedented 10-day holiday for the famously hard-working Japanese, as special days off to mark the new emperor combine with the traditional “Golden ...

The Emperor read out a script written in ancient Japanese to inform them of his abdication. The abdication ceremony was held in the State Room in the Imperial Palace in the evening. Emperor ...

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TOKYO, June 9. /TASS/. The upper chamber of the Japanese parliament unanimously passed a bill paving the way for the abdication of Emperor Akihito and the ascension of his son Crown Prince Naruhito.

Emperor Akihito will abdicate on April 30th. It is the first time in more than 200 years that a living Japanese Emperor will hand over the throne. And it brings to a close an era that redefined ...

Japan is marking a historic moment as Emperor Akihito becomes the first Japanese monarch to abdicate in two centuries. The ceremonies started on Tuesday morning and culminated in Emperor Akihito's ...

(Courtesy) Japan’s Emperor Akihito prayed to a Shinto sun ... emperor as a symbol of the people without political power. His abdication is the first in two centuries. His father, Hirohito ...

When Japan's Emperor Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in May 2019, after the abdication of his father, he vowed to bring the royal family into the modern age. Five years later ...

Emperor Naruhito is Japan's 126th emperor ... who declared his historic abdication, becoming the first emperor to stand down in more than 200 years. It's all relatively recent news, and yet ...