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Emperor Akihito
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Emperor Akihito
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Emperor Akihito

Japanese, 1933
Place ActiveTokyo, Japan
Emperor Akihito is a member of the Imperial House of Japan who ruled as Emperor of Japan from January 1989 until his abdication in April 2019. Akihito is the longest-lived Japanese emperor.