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Akihito

Emperor of Japan from 1989 to 2019 · Japan · Born 1933 · age 92

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He held the Chrysanthemum Throne for thirty years, then did what no Japanese emperor had done in two centuries: he stepped down. Akihito's abdication in 2019 closed the Heisei era and opened a question older monarchies rarely face - when does duty end?

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2019Named Emperor EmeritusOfficefrom 1 May 20192015Order of LakandulaAward2011Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st classAward2007Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra MarianaAwardGrand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three StarsAward2001Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint OlavAward1998Knight of the GarterAward1995Grand Cross of the Order of Good HopeAward1993Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the SwordAward1989Named Emperor of JapanOffice7 January 1989 to 30 April 20191986Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of FinlandAward1982Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAward1975Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian OrderAward1972Grand Cross of the Order of Charles IIIAward1960Order of Ojaswi RajanyaAward1953Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. OlavAward1933Born23 December 1933

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Awards

Order of Lakandula2015
Order of the Crown of the Realm2012
Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class2011
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Three Stars2007
Grand Cross with collar of the Order of Vytautas the Great2007
Collar of the Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana2007
Order of the White Eagle (Third Polish Republic)2002
Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Saint Olav2001
Grand Star of the Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria1999
Grand Collar of the Order of Prince Henry1998
Knight of the Garter1998
Grand Cross of the Order of Good Hope1995
Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword1993
Gold Olympic Order1989
Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland1986
Collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece1985
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1982
Collar of the Order of Charles III1981
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order1975
Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III1972
Order of Sikatuna1962
Order of Ojaswi Rajanya1960
Order of the Elephant1953
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav1953
Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
Collar of the Order of the White Lion
Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer
Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Netherlands Lion
Order of the Rising Sun with Paulownia Flowers, 1st class
Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion
Order of the Nile
Grand Cross of the Order of the Aztec Eagle
Grand Cross of the Sash of the Three Orders
Order of the Sun of Liberty
Grand Cross, Special Class of the Order of the Sun of Peru
Grand Cross Special Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum
Order of the Yugoslavian Great Star

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Born in 1933 as Emperor Hirohito's first son, Akihito spent the war years evacuated to Nikkō, returning to a Japan remade by surrender. His 1959 marriage to Michiko Shōda, a commoner, broke centuries of precedent and drew 15 million television viewers. He ascended in January 1989 after his father's death and spent three decades trying to narrow the distance between throne and populace, visiting all forty-seven prefectures and Japan's remotest islands. On 30 April 2019, citing age and health, he abdicated - the first living emperor to leave the throne since 1817 - and took the title Emperor Emeritus. His son Naruhito's Reiwa era began the next day. At 92, Akihito is the longest-lived emperor in verifiable Japanese history.

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Born 1933 · age 92

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