D 223 994
Empress
Michiko & Emperor
Akihito - EXPO
2005 in Aichi
The
Japanese Emperor Akihito, the first
son of
Shôwa Emperor Hirohito (reign 1926-1989) was born on December
23 in 1933. He studied politics and economics and married in 1958 a
commoner, the 1934 in Tôkyô born Shoda Michiko.
After the death of his father in 1989 he officialy became in
November 1990 the 125th Emperor of Japan.