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Akihito (明仁) (born December 23, 1933) is the current and 125th Emperor of Japan. He will be named Heisei Emperor (平成天皇) after death.Akihito is the eldest son and the fifth child of the Emperor Showa ( Hirohito) and the Empress Kojun ( Nagako). Titled Tsugu no miya (継宮; Prince Tsugu) as a child, he was raised and educated by private tutors and then attended the Boy's 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 of Tokyo in March 1945, he and his younger brother, Prince Masahito (now Prince Hitachi), were evacuated from Tokyo. During the American occupation of Japan following World War II, Crown Prince Akihito was tutored in English by Elizabeth Gray ViningElizabeth Janet Gray Vining ( October 6, 1902 November 27, 1999) tutored Emperor Akihito in English. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was an author with over 60 works and won a Newbery medal for Adam of the Road''. External link Vining, Elizabeth G. He briefly studied at the Department of Political Science at Gakushuin University in Tokyo, although he never received a degree. However, he later became an amateur specialist of ichthyologyIchthyology is the branch of zoology devoted to the study of fishes. This includes the bony fishes ( Osteichthyes), the cartilaginous fishes ( Chondrichthyes) such as sharks and rays, and the jawless fishes ( Agnatha). Since there are as many species of f and published numerous papers and books about gobiid fishes . Although he was heir-apparent to the Chrysanthemum throne from the moment of his birth, his formal investiture as Crown PrinceA Crown Prince or Crown Princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. Crown Princess is also the title of the wife of the Crown Prince. In Europe, lineal succession conventions (see for example Salic Law) usually (Rittaishi no Rei, 立太子の礼) was held at Imperial Palace on November 10November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. Events 1444 Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Ladislaus III of Poland (or Ulaszlo I of Hungary) are crushed by the Turks under Su, 1951Events January events January 9 United Nations headquarters officially opens ( New York City). January 15 Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald," wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to life imprisonment in a court in We.
In JuneJune is the sixth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. June is named for the Roman goddess Juno, wife of Jupiter. Events in June The solstice occurs around the 21st of this month, although it may occur on either the 20 or 22. It is t 1953, Crown Prince Akihito represented Japan at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. On April 10, 1959, he married Miss Shoda Michiko (born October 24, 1934), the eldest daughter of Mr. Shoda Hidesaburo, the president and later honorary chairman of Nisshin Flour Milling Company . The marriage broke all precedents as the new Crown Princess was the first commoner to marry into the imperial family. Then-Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko made official visits to 37 countries. The Crown Prince assumed the throne after the death of his father on January 7, 1989, formally becoming the 125th Japanese monarch on November 12, 1990.
Since succeeding to the throne, the present Emperor has made an effort to bring the imperial family closer to the Japanese people. He and the Empress have made official visits to 18 countries, as well as all 47 prefectures of Japan. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have three children: Crown Prince Naruhito (born February 23, 1960), Prince Akishino (Fumihito, born November 11, 1965) and Princess Sayako (titled, Nori no miya, or Princess Nori, born April 18, 1969).
His era is entitled " Heisei" (平成).
- See also: Emperor of Japan.
