Japanese emperor to abdicate on April 30, 2019

Japanese emperor to abdicate on April 30, 2019

People receive an extra edition of a newspaper in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2017, which reports on the Imperial House Council's meeting that fixed the date of Japanese Emperor Akihito's abdication as April 30, 2019, with his elder son Crown Prince Naruhito to accede to the throne the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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