TOKYO — Emperor Akihito abdicated Japan's throne Tuesday ... his retirement to Shinto gods in a morning ritual. His eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will succeed him. Akihito's 30 years ...

Emperor Hirohito announced by radio that Japan lost World War II and Akihito, his son, addressed the nation on TV after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. The emperor is a ceremonial but ...

Akihito's son, Naruhito, is set to ascend to the throne ... age," Kuhn told NPR's All Things Considered. Before Akihito, no emperor had abdicated the throne since Kokaku in 1817.

Japan's Emperor Akihito, accompanied by Empress Michiko ... Picture: AFP Prince Hisahito, son of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, could succeed the throne in the next era.

Thus did Akihito's father, Emperor Hirohito, become transformed before ... The timing of Akihito's apparent desire to pass his job onto his son, 56-year-old Naruhito, is delicate for Japan.

Japan's 85-year-old Emperor Akihito announced his abdication in his final official address to his people Tuesday, ending his three-decade reign. Akihito, the son of Japan’s wartime emperor ...

Emperor Hirohito announced by radio that Japan lost World War II and Akihito, his son, addressed the nation on TV after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. The emperor is a ceremonial but ...

His son, Crown Prince Naruhito, 59, will be inaugurated as the 126th emperor Wednesday, ushering in the Reiwa era. Akihito’s reign – and the Heisei era – officially ends at midnight on Tuesday.