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| coatofarms        = Flag of the Japanese Emperor.svg{{!}}border

| coatofarms        = Flag of the Japanese Emperor.svg{{!}}border

| coatofarmscaption  = [[List of Japanese flags#Imperial flags|Imperial Standard of the Emperor]]

| 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

| image              = Emperor Naruhito at TICAD7 (cropped).jpg

| incumbent          = [[Naruhito]]

| incumbent          = [[Naruhito]]

| incumbentsince    = 1 May 2019

| incumbentsince    = 1 May 2019

| style              = [[Imperial Majesty (style)|His Imperial Majesty]] or [[Majesty|His Majesty]]

| style              = [[Imperial Majesty (style)|His Imperial Majesty]] or [[Majesty|His Majesty]]

| heir_presumptive      = [[Fumihito]]

| heir_presumptive      = [[Fumihito]]

| first_monarch      = [[Emperor Jimmu]] (legendary)

| first_monarch      = [[Emperor Jimmu]] ([[legend]]ary)

| date              = 11 February 660 BC; {{age|-660|2|11}} years ago<ref>"Jimmu", ''Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia'' (1993), Kodansha, {{ISBN|978-4069310980}}.</ref>

| date              = 11 February 660 BC; {{formatnum:{{age|-660|2|11}}}} years ago<ref>"Jimmu", ''Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia'' (1993), Kodansha, {{ISBN|978-4069310980}}.</ref>

| appointer          = [[Hereditary]]

| appointer          = [[Hereditary monarchy|Hereditary]]

| residence          = [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]]<br/>{{small|(official residence)}}

| residence          = [[Tokyo Imperial Palace]]<br/>{{small|(official residence)}}

| website            = {{url|https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/eindex.html}}

| website            = {{url|https://www.kunaicho.go.jp/eindex.html}}

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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>  

 

The '''Emperor of Japan'''<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.

==Origin==

==Origin==

:{{Main|List of Emperors of Japan}}

:{{Main|List of emperors of Japan}}

The earliest monarch listed as an emperor who is believed by [[historian]]s to have existed in history was [[Emperor Ojin]].

The earliest monarch listed as an emperor who is believed by [[historian]]s to have existed in history was [[Emperor Ojin]].