Emperor Abdication Law
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The Law for Special Exception of the Imperial House Law concerning Abdication, etc. of Emperor, or in short Emperor Abdication Special Law, is a Japanese law enacted for the abdication of Akihito, the
Emperor Akihito in 2016
Emperor Naruhito in 2023
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"Reiwa", the new era name, announced by Yoshihide Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary (1 April 2019)
Empress Nagako
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Nagako, posthumously honoured as Empress Kōjun, was a member of the Imperial House of Japan, the wife of Emperor Hirohito and the mother of Emperor Emeritus Akihito. She served as Empress of Japan fro
Emperor Abdication Law
…abdicate on 22 July 2010 in a Palace Meeting, admitting his parents' illnesses in their later years, including cancer of Emperor Hirohito and dementia of Empress Nagako, had impacted him hugely. NHK, a major Japanese public broadcaster, reported on 13 July 2016 and citing officials of Imperial Household Agency, that…
Formal portrait, c. 1928
Princess Nagako in 1910 as a child
Nagako leaves her family home for wedding of her and Crown Prince Hirohito, 1924
Crown Prince Hirohito and Crown Princess Nagako, 1924