Those following Japanese politics would be familiar with the impending abdication of the current ruling Emperor, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito. At first only being suggested through an indirect comment in a TV address earlier last year, the gears of Japanese government have turned such that it seems His Imperial Majesty will indeed get his wish for a retirement, with his son Crown Prince…
At the ripe old age of 82, His Imperial Majesty Emperor Akihito of Japan has long since passed the age that many other Japanese would usually enter retirement by at least a couple of decades.
After succeeding his father, Emperor Showa, upon the latter’s death on 7…
