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The emperor of Japan[c][d] is the hereditary monarch and head of state of Japan. [4][5] 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". [6] The Imperial Household Law governs the ...
Naruhito is the elder son of Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko. He was born during the reign of his paternal grandfather, Hirohito (Emperor Shōwa), and became heir apparent following his father's accession in 1989. He was formally invested as Crown Prince of Japan in 1991.
586–587 (1 year) 517–587 (70 years) Son of Emperor Kinmei; half-brother of Emperor Bidatsu. [ 44 ] 32. Hatsusebe 泊瀬部. Emperor Sushun 崇峻天皇. 588–592 (4 years) 522–592 (70 years) Son of Emperor Kinmei; half-brother of Emperor Bidatsu and Emperor Yōmei. Made emperor by Soga no Umako following the Soga–Mononobe conflict.
The Government of Japan is the central government of Japan. It consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and is based on popular sovereignty, functioning under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947. Japan is a unitary state, containing forty-seven administrative divisions, with the Emperor as ...
e. Fumio Kishida (岸田 文雄, Kishida Fumio, born 29 July 1957) is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2021 to 2024. He has been a member of the House of Representatives since 1993. Kishida previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2012 to 2017 and ...
Imperial House of Japan. The Imperial House (皇室, Kōshitsu), also referred to as the Imperial Family or the Yamato Dynasty, is the dynasty and imperial family 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 ...
The prime minister of Japan (Japanese: 内閣総理大臣, Hepburn: Naikaku Sōri-Daijin) is the head of government of Japan, and the most powerful person in Japanese politics. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief ...
v. t. e. The 2019 Japanese imperial transition occurred on 30 April 2019 when the then 85-year-old Emperor Akihito of Japan abdicated from the Chrysanthemum Throne after reigning for 30 years, [1] becoming the first Emperor of Japan to do so since Emperor Kōkaku in 1817.