The Emperor's Birthday
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Emperor's Birthday is an annual public holiday in Japan celebrating the birthday of the reigning emperor, which is currently 23 February as Emperor Naruhito was born on that day in 1960. It is enforce
The Imperial family on the birthday of Emperor Akihito, 2005
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
The Emperor's Birthday
…celebrating the birthday of the reigning emperor, which is currently 23 February as Emperor Naruhito was born on that day in 1960. It is enforced by the Emperor Abdication Law passed in 2017. The name of Tenchosetsu (天長節) is ancient, and derived from the birthday of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. It was changed to "Chiaki-bushi…
Emperor Akihito in 2016
Emperor Naruhito in 2023
National Diet Building
"Reiwa", the new era name, announced by Yoshihide Suga, Chief Cabinet Secretary (1 April 2019)