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  2. Imperial House of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial House (皇室, Kōshitsu) is the reigning dynasty of Japan, consisting of those members of the extended family of the reigning emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present constitution of Japan, the emperor is "the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people". Other members of the imperial ...

  3. List of emperors of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Son of Emperor Go-Fushimi; nephew and adopted son of Emperor Hanazono. From the Jimyōin line. Made the first emperor of the Northern Court by the Kamakura shogunate during the Genkō War. Deposed by Emperor Go-Daigo of the Daikakuji line. Captured by the Southern Court during the Kannō disturbance. [114] (2) Yutahito 豊仁: Emperor Kōmyō ...

  4. Emperor of Japan - Wikipedia

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    The emperor of Japan [d] [e] is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The emperor is defined by the Constitution of Japan as the symbol of the Japanese state and the unity of the Japanese people, his position deriving from "the will of the people with whom resides sovereign power". [ 8 ]

  5. Family tree of Japanese monarchs - Wikipedia

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    The following is a family tree of the emperors of Japan, from the legendary Emperor Jimmu to the present monarch, Naruhito. [1]Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors; Kōgen's descendant, Emperor Sujin (98 BC – 30 BC?), is the first for whom many agree that he might have actually existed. [2]

  6. Naruhito - Wikipedia

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    Naruhito [a] (born 23 February 1960) is Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne following his father's abdication on 1 May 2019, beginning the Reiwa era. [1] He is the 126th monarch according to Japan's traditional order of succession. Naruhito is the elder son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko.

  7. List of Japanese court ranks, positions and hereditary titles

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    Each of the First to Third Ranks is divided into Senior (正, shō) and Junior (従, ju).The Senior First Rank (正一位, shō ichi-i) is the highest in the rank system. It is conferred mainly on a very limited number of persons recognized by the Imperial Court as most loyal to the nation during that era.

  8. The Surprising Thing King Charles and the Emperor of Japan ...

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    Amid the pomp and pageantry of Japan's recent state visit to the U.K., King Charles and Emperor Naruhito of Japan appeared to be thick as thieves as they carried out the first day of royal ...

  9. Chrysanthemum Throne - Wikipedia

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    Main audience hall with western-style thrones in the Tokyo Imperial Palace, from the Meiji period. Japan is the oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world. [10] In much the same sense as the British Crown, the Chrysanthemum Throne is an abstract metonymic concept that represents the monarch and the legal authority for the existence of the government. [11]