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Imperial Household Law

Japan [1947]

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Akihito

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…Japanese lawmakers to alter the Imperial Household Law of 1947, which specifies the line of imperial succession. The law did not include a process for abdication or outline who would succeed Akihito as emperor in the event of his retirement.
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Naruhito

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…year the Diet modified the Imperial Household Law of 1947, which had allowed for imperial succession to take place only upon the death of the emperor. Akihito formally declared his intention to abdicate in December 2017, and the Japanese government began making preparations for the first imperial abdication in some…
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