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The use of the Japanese word shōchō (), meaning symbol, to describe the emperor is unusual and, depending upon one's viewpoint, conveniently or frustratingly vague.The emperor is neither head of state nor sovereign, as are many European constitutional monarchs, although in October 1988 Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed, controversially, that the emperor is the country's sovereign ...
Shigeya Suzuki (鈴木茂也, Suzuki Shigeya, born May 5, 1979), [1] more commonly known under his pseudonym Akihito Tsukushi (つくしあきひと, Tsukushi Akihito), is a Japanese illustrator, manga artist, and designer from Sagamihara, Kanagawa. Suzuki also goes by the name Ichimi Tokusa (とくさ一味, Tokusa Ichimi).
Controversy exists as to what extent the current rule of succession under the Imperial Household Law should be changed. Those on the Right advocate a change, holding the Prussian-style agnatic primogeniture, but bringing back the previously excluded male relatives into the Imperial household. Liberals advocate the adoption of absolute ...
In 2009 during his first visit to Japan as President, Barack Obama bowed deeply from the waist when greeting Japanese Emperor Akihito, eliciting criticism from conservatives who said the gesture ...
The Law for Special Exception of the Imperial House Law concerning Abdication, etc. of Emperor (Japanese: 天皇の退位等に関する皇室典範特例法), [1] or in short Emperor Abdication Law (Japanese: 天皇退位特例法), [2] [3] is a Japanese law enacted for the abdication of Akihito, the 125th Emperor of Japan.
Akihito was the heir apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne from birth. His formal investiture as crown prince (立太子の礼, Rittaishi-no-rei) took place at the Tokyo Imperial Palace on 10 November 1952. In June 1953, Akihito represented Japan at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in London on his first journey abroad. He later completed ...
As of 2017, Akihito has an estimated net worth of US$40 million. [102] The wealth and expenditures of the emperor and the imperial family have remained a subject of speculation and were largely withheld from the public until 2003, when Mori Yohei, a former royal correspondent for the Mainichi Shimbun , obtained access to 200 documents through a ...
One controversy of political visits to the shrine is the constitutionality of visits by the Prime Minister. In the Constitution of Japan , the separation of state and religion is explicit. Because the clause was written for the express purpose of preventing the return of State Shinto, many question the constitutionality of the Prime Minister ...