emperor of Japan

n. ceremonial figurehead of state in Japan and the head of the Japanese imperial family

The of Japan is the country's monarch and head of state. He is the head of the Japanese Imperial Family. Under Japan's present constitution, the Emperor is the "symbol of the state and the unity of the people," and is a ceremonial figurehead in a constitutional monarchy (see Politics of Japan). Today he is the only remaining emperor on the throne in the world. The current emperor is His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Akihito, who has been on the Chrysanthemum Throne since his father Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) died in 1989.
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