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Bookmark or Share- By the People’s Side: Imperial Family Visits to Disaster AreasEmperor Akihito’s first official visit to a disaster area took place in July 1991, three years after his ascension to the throne. Travelling to Shimabara in Nagasaki Prefecture with Empress ...
- Japan's Emperor Akihito Steps Down After 30 Years : NPREmperor Akihito was born in 1933, two years after Japan invaded Manchuria in northern China, a prelude to its role in World War II. Japanese troops fought in the name of Emperor Hirohito. Crown ...
- Akihito: The Japanese emperor with the human touch - BBCEmperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk with evacuees from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami Japanese people had never seen an emperor behave like this before. To conservatives it was a shock.
- Japan's Emperor Akihito: Ten things you may not know - BBC NewsThe emperor's particular passion is marine biology and he is an expert on the goby fish, one of which is even named after him - the Exyrias Akihito. He has written several times for the Japanese ...
- Akihito - WikipediaAkihito (明仁, Japanese: [akiꜜçi̥to]; English: / ˌ æ k i ˈ h iː t oʊ / ⓘ AK-ee-HEE-toh or / ˌ ɑː k-/ AHK-; born 23 December 1933) is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who reigned as the 125th emperor of Japan from 1989 until his abdication in 2019. The era of his rule was named the Heisei (平成) era, Heisei being an expression of achieving peace worldwide.
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