• Home
  • News
  • Entertainment
  • Music Submission
  • Media
  • Lifestyle
  • The Roots
  • About
Farai Radio
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Entertainment
    Stonebwoy

    Stonebwoy

    Shaggy: We’re still here but dancehall is in crisis

    Shaggy: We’re still here but dancehall is in crisis

  • Music Submission
  • Media
  • Lifestyle

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Game of Thrones
    • MotoGP 2017
    • eSports
    • Fashion Week
  • The Roots
    Culture

    Culture

    Beres Hammond

    Beres Hammond

    Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Una Morgan

    Una Morgan

    Peetah Morgan

    Peetah Morgan

    Mojo Morgan

    Mojo Morgan

  • About
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Entertainment
    Stonebwoy

    Stonebwoy

    Shaggy: We’re still here but dancehall is in crisis

    Shaggy: We’re still here but dancehall is in crisis

  • Music Submission
  • Media
  • Lifestyle

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Game of Thrones
    • MotoGP 2017
    • eSports
    • Fashion Week
  • The Roots
    Culture

    Culture

    Beres Hammond

    Beres Hammond

    Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Bob Marley & The Wailers

    Una Morgan

    Una Morgan

    Peetah Morgan

    Peetah Morgan

    Mojo Morgan

    Mojo Morgan

  • About
No Result
View All Result
Farai Radio
No Result
View All Result

Happy birthday to the Emperor of Japan

in Uncategorized
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The Emperor of Japan is the head of state and the head of the Imperial Family of Japan. Under the Constitution of Japan, he is defined as “the Symbol of the State and of the Unity of the People” and his title is derived from “the Will of the People, who are the Sovereign”. Imperial Household Law governs the line of imperial succession. The Supreme Court does not have judicial power over him.[2] He is also the Head of the Shinto religion. In Japanese, the Emperor is called Tennō (天皇, pronounced [tennoꜜː]), literally “Emperor, who the God approves”. The Japanese Shinto religion holds him to be the direct descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu. The Emperor is also the head of all national Japanese orders, decorations, medals, and awards. In English, the use of the term Mikado (帝/御門) for the emperor was once common but is now considered obsolete.[3]

Emperor of Japan
天皇
IMPERIAL
Flag of the Japanese Emperor.svg

Imperial Standard of the Emperor
Incumbent
Emperor Naruhito at TICAD7 (cropped).jpg
Naruhito
since 1 May 2019
Details
Style His Imperial Majesty or His Majesty
Heir presumptive Fumihito
First monarch Emperor Jimmu (legendary)
Formation 11 February 660 BC; 2,681 years ago[1]
Residence Tokyo Imperial Palace
(official residence)
Appointer Hereditary
Website www.kunaicho.go.jp/eindex.html

Currently, the Emperor of Japan is the only head of state in the world with the highest monarchical title of “Emperor”.[4] The Imperial House of Japan is the oldest continuing monarchical house in the world.[5] The historical origins of the emperors lie in the late Kofun period of the 3rd–6th centuries AD, but according to the traditional account of the Kojiki (finished 712) and Nihon Shoki (finished 720), Japan was founded in 660 BC by Emperor Jimmu, who was said to be a direct descendant of Amaterasu.[6][7] Naruhito is the current Emperor of Japan. He acceded to the Chrysanthemum Throne upon the abdication of his father, Emperor Emeritus Akihito on 1 May 2019.

The role of the Emperor of Japan has historically alternated between a largely ceremonial symbolic role and that of an actual imperial ruler. Since the establishment of the first shogunate in 1199, the Emperors of Japan have rarely taken on a role as supreme battlefield commander, unlike many Western monarchs. Japanese emperors have nearly always been controlled by external political forces, to varying degrees. For example, between 1192 and 1867, the shōguns, or their shikken regents in Kamakura (1203–1333), were the de facto rulers of Japan, although they were nominally appointed by the emperor. After the Meiji Restoration in 1867, the emperor was the embodiment of all sovereign power in the realm, as enshrined in the Meiji Constitution of 1889. Since the enactment of the 1947 constitution, the role of emperor has been relegated to that of a ceremonial head of state without even nominal political powers.

Since the mid-nineteenth century, the Imperial Palace has been called Kyūjō (宮城), later Kōkyo (皇居), and is on the former site of Edo Castle in the heart of Tokyo (the current capital of Japan). Earlier, emperors resided in Kyoto (the ancient capital) for nearly eleven centuries. The Emperor’s Birthday (currently 23 February) is a national holiday.

ShareTweetSendSend

Related Posts

Uncategorized

February 24, 2021
Uncategorized

February 18, 2021
Uncategorized

February 12, 2021
Uncategorized

February 5, 2021
Uncategorized

February 4, 2021
Uncategorized

January 18, 2021
Next Post

Listen Live

Your browser does not support the audio tag.
Farai Radio

© 2020 Farai Radio All Rights Reserved. Powered by: Unitywebsoft.

Navigate Site

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Entertainment
  • Music Submission
  • Media
  • Lifestyle
  • The Roots
  • About

© 2020 Farai Radio All Rights Reserved. Powered by: Unitywebsoft.