Japan enacts law to allow 1st abdication of emperor in 200 yrs

Japan enacts law to allow 1st abdication of emperor in 200 yrs

File photo taken Dec. 23, 2016, shows Japanese Emperor Akihito (R), alongside his elder son Crown Prince Naruhito, waving to the crowd on his 83rd birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Japan's parliament on June 9, 2017 enacted a law to allow the emperor to pass the throne to his elder son Crown Prince Naruhito in what would be the country's first abdication in two centuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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