World Emperor Akihito, Who Gave Japan’s Monarchy a Human Face, Abdicates Throne April 30, 2019MOTOKO RICHComments Off on Emperor Akihito, Who Gave Japan’s Monarchy a Human Face, Abdicates Throne Akihito, 85, the son of the wartime emperor Hirohito, relinquished the Chrysanthemum Throne in a short ceremony on Tuesday afternoon.
