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The terms Tennō ('Emperor', 天皇), as well as Nihon ('Japan', 日本), were not adopted until the late 7th century AD. [ 6 ] [ 2 ] In the nengō system which has been in use since the late 7th century, years are numbered using the Japanese era name and the number of years which have elapsed since the start of that nengō era.
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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]
The rulers of Japan have been its Emperors, whether effectively or nominally, for its entire recorded history. These include the ancient legendary emperors, the attested but undated emperors of the Yamato period (early fifth to early 6th centuries), and the clearly dated emperors of 539 to the present.
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Last Emperor of the Empire of Japan. 125: 1989–2019 Emperor Akihito: Akihito Referred to as 'the Emperor Emeritus' or Daijō Tennō (i.e. His Majesty the Emperor Emeritus) in Japanese and as Emperor Akihito in English. His posthumous name is likely to be Emperor Heisei. He abdicated in 2019 in favor of his eldest son Naruhito.
He was the both longest-lived and longest-reigning historical Japanese emperor, as well as the longest-reigning monarch in the world at that time of his death. Crown Prince Akihito succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne upon the death of his father Emperor Shōwa. He thereby became as the Emperor of Japan. This marked the start of the Heisei period.