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[[File:Crown Prince Naruhito cropped 3 Crown Prince Naruhito and Prince William 20150227.jpg|thumb|The current emperor of Japan [[Naruhito]] since 2019.|alt=]]The '''Emperor of Japan''' or the {{nihongo|'''Emperor'''|天皇|[[tennō]]|literally "heavenly sovereign"}}<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA960&dq= "Tennō"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 960.</ref> is the [[Head of state]] of Japan, The monarch is the symbol of the [[Japan]]ese [[nation]] and the [[unity]] of its people.<ref>Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA176&dq= "Emperors"] at p. 176.</ref>
{{Infobox monarchy
| border = imperial
| royal_title = Emperor
| realm = Japan
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ja|天皇}}}}
| coatofarms = Flag of the Japanese Emperor.svg{{!}}border
| coatofarmscaption = [[List of Japanese flags#Imperial flags|Imperial Standard of the Emperor]]
| image = Crown Prince Naruhito cropped 3 Crown Prince Naruhito and Prince William 20150227.jpg
| incumbent = [[Naruhito]]
| incumbentsince = 1 May 2019
| style = [[Imperial Majesty (style)|His Imperial Majesty]] or [[Majesty|His Majesty]]
| heir_presumptive = [[Fumihito]]
| first_monarch = [[Emperor Jimmu]] (legendary)
| date = 11 February 660 BC; {{age|-660|2|11}} years ago<ref>"Jimmu", ''Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia'' (1993), Kodansha, {{ISBN|978-4069310980}}.</ref>
| appointer = [[Hereditary]]
| residence = [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]]<br/>{{small|(official residence)}}
| website = {{url|https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/eindex.html}}
}}
The '''Emperor of Japan''' or the {{nihongo|'''Emperor'''|天皇|[[tennō]]|literally "heavenly sovereign"}}<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA960&dq= "Tennō"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 960.</ref> is the [[Head of state]] of Japan, The monarch is the symbol of the [[Japan]]ese [[nation]] and the [[unity]] of its people.<ref>Nussbaum, [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA176&dq= "Emperors"] at p. 176.</ref>
In the Japanese [[constitutional monarchy]], the emperor does not have any political power.<ref>Many countries that now have democracy decide to keep their historical king or emperor as a way to celebrate their history and culture.</ref> In world [[politics]], he is the only current emperor.
In the Japanese [[constitutional monarchy]], the emperor does not have any political power.<ref>Many countries that now have democracy decide to keep their historical king or emperor as a way to celebrate their history and culture.</ref> In world [[politics]], he is the only current emperor.