TOKYO — Three decades after he ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, Emperor Akihito on Tuesday became Japan’s first monarch in more than two centuries to abdicate, passing the symbolic role to his eldest son in a brief, unadorned ceremony at the Imperial Palace.
from Pocket https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/30/world/asia/emperor-akihito-abdication-prince-naruhito.html
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