Emperor

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The Emperor is the ceremonial monarch and symbolic head of state of Japan, representing the continuity and unity of the Japanese nation.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
hereditary office
monarchy
actsOnAdviceOf Cabinet of Japan
appoints Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan
Prime Minister of Japan
associatedFamily Imperial House of Japan
associatedInstitution Imperial Household Agency
confers orders and decorations
constitutionalStatus symbol of the State and of the unity of the people
country Japan
currentEmperor Naruhito
currentEmperorReignName Reiwa
currentEmperorReignStart 2019-05-01
currentEmperorTitle Naruhito
surface form: "Emperor Naruhito"
dynasty Imperial House of Japan
surface form: "Yamato dynasty"
firstRecordedEmperor Emperor Jimmu
firstRecordedEmperorStatus legendary
flag Imperial Seal of Japan
surface form: "Imperial Standard of the Emperor of Japan"
heirPresumptive Fumihito, Crown Prince Akishino
surface form: "Fumihito, Crown Prince of Japan"
legalBasis Constitution of Japan
lineageClaim descendant of the sun goddess Amaterasu
nativeLabel 天皇
nativeLabelLanguage Japanese
oldestContinuingHereditaryMonarchy true
opens National Diet
surface form: "National Diet sessions"
performs diplomatic receptions
imperial rituals
state ceremonies
postWorldWarIIRole constitutional monarch
previousEmperor Akihito
previousEmperorAbdicationDate 2019-04-30
previousEmperorReignName Heisei
preWorldWarIIRole sovereign ruler
religion Shinto
represents continuity of the Japanese nation
unity of the Japanese nation
residence Tokyo Imperial Palace
role ceremonial monarch
symbolic head of state
seat chrysanthemum crest
surface form: "Chrysanthemum Throne"
signs laws and treaties promulgation
style Emperor
surface form: "His Majesty the Emperor"
succession hereditary succession
successionLaw male-only agnatic succession
symbol chrysanthemum crest
titleInJapanese Naruhito
surface form: "日本国天皇"
traditionalRole high priest of Shinto

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: "The Emperor"
this entity surface form: "The Emperor"
this entity surface form: "Emperor of Japan"
Japan headOfStateTitle Emperor
Yoshihito honorificPrefix Emperor
Naruhito honorificTitle Emperor
this entity surface form: "His Majesty The Emperor"
Emperor of Japan legalTitle Emperor
Emperor Hirohito style Emperor
this entity surface form: "His Majesty the Emperor"
Emperor style Emperor
subject surface form: "Emperor of Japan"
this entity surface form: "His Majesty the Emperor"

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