Ruler · 1933 – present
Akihito
Born 1933, living; monarch, ruler. Emperor of Japan (Japan), 1989 – 2019.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.
- Lived
- since 1933
- living
- In office
- 30 years
- one reign
- Lines
- 1
- Japan
- Left it
- abdicated
- Wikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor of Japan
Japan · the 2nd of 3 dated reigns · 1926 – 2019
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Reigned 1989 – 2019 · 30 years · came to it aged 56
- Came to it
- the child of the ruler before, on record
- Left it
- abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term: abdication
Akihito abdicated in 2019, citing his advanced age and declining health, and assumed the title Emperor Emeritus (上皇, Jōkō; lit. 'Retired Emperor').
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