Tenno

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Tenno is the Emperor of Japan, the ceremonial and symbolic monarch who serves as the head of the world’s oldest continuing hereditary monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese honorific title ⓘ
imperial title ⓘ
monarch title ⓘ
abdicationPrecedent Akihito’s abdication in 2019 under special legislation ⓘ
associatedReligion Shinto ⓘ
ceremonialDuties attestation of Cabinet appointments and dismissals ⓘ
convocation of the National Diet ⓘ
dissolution of the House of Representatives as attested by the Cabinet ⓘ
promulgation of laws and treaties ⓘ
receiving foreign ambassadors and ministers ⓘ
state visits and diplomatic receptions ⓘ
constitutionalStatus “symbol of the State and of the unity of the people” as defined in the Constitution of Japan ⓘ
continuity unbroken line of emperors according to traditional records ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
currentHolder Naruhito ⓘ
currentHolderStart 1 May 2019 ⓘ
describedAs ceremonial and symbolic monarch of Japan ⓘ
dynasty Imperial House of Japan ⓘ
Yamato dynasty ⓘ
formerResidence Kyoto Imperial Palace ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfStateOf Japan ⓘ
importantCeremony Daijosai (Great Thanksgiving Festival) at enthronement ⓘ
Niiname-sai (harvest festival) ⓘ
Shihōhai (New Year’s Day worship ceremony) ⓘ
label Emperor of Japan ⓘ
languageOfUse Japanese ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of Japan (1947) ⓘ
monarchOf Japan ⓘ
nativeLabel 天皇 ⓘ
nativeLabelLanguage Japanese ⓘ
notableCharacteristic world’s oldest continuing hereditary monarchy ⓘ
postwarChange loss of political sovereignty and redefinition as symbol of the State ⓘ
powerType largely ceremonial ⓘ
predecessorSystem divine sovereign with political authority before 1947 ⓘ
previousHolder Akihito ⓘ
religiousRole performer of Shinto imperial rituals ⓘ
residence Tokyo Imperial Palace ⓘ
role symbol of the State of Japan ⓘ
symbol of the unity of the Japanese people ⓘ
styleOfAddress His Majesty the Emperor ⓘ
successionLaw agnatic primogeniture within the Imperial House of Japan ⓘ
successionType hereditary monarchy ⓘ
titleInEnglish Emperor ⓘ
titleInJapanese 天皇陛下 (Tennō Heika) for the reigning emperor ⓘ
linked to: Tennō
traditionalFirstEmperor Emperor Jimmu ⓘ
traditionalFirstEmperorReignStart 660 BCE (legendary date) ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Household Agency of Japan ⓘ

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