2007-03-22 07:43:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Royalty
The current emperor of Japan, Emperor Akihito.
Akihito is the eldest son and the fifth child of the Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and the Empress Kōjun (Nagako). He is also first cousin once removed of Princess Bangja, the last crown princess of Korea. Titled Prince Tsugu (継宮, Tsugu-no-miya?) as a child, he was raised and educated by his private tutors and then attended the Elementary and Secondary Departments of the Peers' School (Gakushuin) from 1940 to 1952. He was separated from his parents at the age of three.
During the American firebombing raids on Tokyo in March 1945, he and his younger brother, HIH Prince Masahito, were evacuated from the city. During the American occupation of Japan following World War II, Prince Akihito was tutored in English by Elizabeth Gray Vining. He briefly studied at the Department of Political Science at Gakushuin University in Tokyo, though he never received a degree. However, he later became an amateur specialist of ichthyology and published numerous papers and books about gobiid fish (In 2005 a newly described goby was named Exyrias akihito in his honour). Although he was heir-apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne from the moment of his birth, his formal Investiture as Crown Prince (立太子礼, Rittaishi-no-rei?) was held at the Kokyo Imperial Palace on November 10, 1952.
In June 1953, Crown Prince Akihito represented Japan at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
Then-Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko made official visits to thirty-seven countries. The Crown Prince assumed the throne after the death of his father on January 7, 1989, thus becoming the 125th Japanese monarch, according to the traditional order of succession. Emperor Akihito was formally enthroned as the Emperor of Japan on November 12, 1990. In 1998, during a state visit to the United Kingdom he was invested with the The Most Noble Order of the Garter.
Since succeeding to the throne, Emperor Akihito has made an effort to bring the imperial family closer to the Japanese people. The Emperor and Empress of Japan have made official visits to eighteen countries, as well as all forty-seven Prefectures of Japan.
2007-03-24 05:27:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last still ruling is Japan's emperor.
The Tsar of Bulgaria, deposed during WW2, is still alive. So is Haile Selassie's heir.
2007-03-22 08:57:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Emporer Fujimoto in Japan.
2007-03-22 07:51:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japan has one. He is the ceremonial head of state, not political. There may be others. I don't know.
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2007-03-22 08:07:34 · answer #4 · answered by Bacchus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋