Akihito
Americannoun
noun
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Naruhito, 62, was joined by other royals, including his wife, Empress Masako, 59, and his father, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 89, who abdicated in 2019.
From Reuters • Jan. 2, 2023
Akihito Hoshika, manager of the landscape office in Kutchan, said the town had crafted a “master plan” to avert “the risk of overtourism.”
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Former Emperor Akihito, as crown prince, attended the Queen’s 1953 coronation and her Diamond Jubilee in 2012.
From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2022
Hirohito’s son, former Emperor Akihito, devoted his reign to atoning for the impact of the war in and outside Japan.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2022
Japan’s Emperor Akihito, who reigns today, is the 82nd direct descendant of the emperor under whom that first chronicle of A.D.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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