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THE JAPANESE EMPEROR 天皇 | 10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ★ 10 Things You Didn’t Know About FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER: https://youtu.be/HpOG4WFKBZQ ★ 10 Things You Didn’t Know About HIROSHIMA ATOMIC BOMBING: https://youtu.be/wETSBaFwzu0 ★ 10 Things You Didn’t Know About 2011 JAPANESE TSUNAMI & TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE: https://youtu.be/VuWTETyzR9Y ★ 10 Things You Didn't Know About RAMUNE: https://youtu.be/4boZ1op4Zrs ★ 10 Things You Didn’t Know About NATTO: https://youtu.be/Hyuyk7GJgd8 ★ 10 Things You Didn't Know About RAMEN: https://youtu.be/p4TEixig6Vw SUBTITLES! ► If you want to help subtitle this video into your native language, please let us know so we can give you credit~ http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?v=h--roytkH3Q In december, for most places, it’s all about Christmas. In Japan, Christmas is big too. But just prior to Christmas, on the 23rd of December, it is the current Japanese Emperor, Akihito’s birthday. It is a national holiday in Japan (天皇誕生日). This year he turns 82, and I thought let’s do a video on The Japanese Emperor. 1) WORLD'S OLDEST MONARCHY The Japanese monarchy, The Imperial House of Japan, is the oldest, continuous hereditary monarchy in the world. Compared to other monarchies, you have the British Monarchy starting at 1066 and the the Danish Monarchy at 935. For the Japanese Monarchy, we’re going back to 660BC, which started with the legendary Japanese Emperor Jimmu. 2) DESCENDENT OF GODS Shinto is the largest religion in Japan, and the line of Japanese Emperors are said to be the direct descendants of several Shinto gods, the most notable being the Sun goddess, Amaterasu. The Emperor is the ceremonial head of state in Japan, but it makes sense that with his divine ancestry, he is also officially the head of the Shinto religion itself. 3) TERRITORY-INDEPENDENT PHENOMENON As odd as it may seem, the title of Emperor (or Tennō) has never really been about territorial designations. Contrast this with European monarchs who often wanted to conquer and control additional territory. In fact, the position of Emperor is a territory-independent phenomenon. In other words, the Emperor is the Emperor regardless if he has followers in the whole of Japan or in only one province. 4) EMPEROR'S CAPACITY From 1192 to 1867, the shoguns held the real power (Shoguns being the military commanders of the time). The Emperor still officially nominated the Shoguns to their positions, but this was largely ceremonial. Today, the Japanese Constitution vests executive power in the Prime Minister and his Cabinet. The Emperor of Japan holds no power but is said to be “the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people." 5) POLYGAMY The Japanese imperial dynasty consistently practiced official polygamy. Besides his empress, the Emperor could take several secondary consorts or concubines; which helped produce more offspring for the imperial clan. 6) FIRST COMMONER WIFE In the history of the Japanese Imperial Family, there was never an Emperor who had a commoner as wife or even concubine. That is, until now. The current Emperor of Japan married Empress Michiko, a commoner! She was not from the former court nobility nor from one of the former branches of the Imperial Family. Michiko was the daughter of an industrialist. 7) FISH SCIENCE Emperor Akihito has shown to be a unique one. Add to that his interest in Fish Science (Ichthyology). The Emperor is a published ichthyological researcher, having written papers for several scholarly journals, and has specialised studies within the taxonomy of the family Gobiidae. Random. 8) STOP GAP EMPRESSES Generally, it has been males who have ascended Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne. However, if a suitable male was not available, there have been times where women have ascended the throne; almost as a stop gap measure. Of the 125 monarchs, there have been 8 women who have reigned on 10 different occasions. 2 of them reigned twice. Once a suitable male descendant was considered old enough to rule, many Empresses, and even Emperors, abdicated or relinquished the throne. 9) CHILD EMPERORS Over a thousand years ago, a tradition started that an Emperor should ascend young. If he had passed his toddler years, he was said to be old enough. Being a child was apparently a fine property. Thus, a multitude of Japanese Emperors ascended as children; as young as 6 to 8 years old. 10) ABDICATING TREND Abdication was very common. Actually it was more frequent than death on the throne. The Emperors tasks involved so many repetitive rituals that after about ten years of service, it was deemed a reasonable compensation to live the rest of their lives in pampered retirement! Thanks for watching! And if you enjoyed this video, don't forget to LIKE, SHARE & SUBSCRIBE ^^ SOCIAL MEDIA Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kentobento2015 Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kento-Bento/1541570546113993
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Did nowadays Emperor of Japan still have rights to Promote or Fire Prime Minister and Declare war ?
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Why can you speak English so fluently?
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Its nice to see that a Emperor cares about children
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One more fact: japanese monarchy came from korea
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Never seen Japanese Isis before
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The Japanese Emperors are more like the Pharaoh of Egyptian to me. Both are the head of the government and the leader of their national religion and regards as descendants of the Great God.
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He is also Of Korean descent! Plus his people killed off the remaining Korean royal.
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are you a japanese? You speak good english.
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But according to wikipedia, the Empress Michiko is now a Shinto. She converted from Catholic to Shinto
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No modern Japanese historian believe that the first Japanese emperor was throned 2600 years ago. One of the hypothesis argues that the first nine emperors are legendary, in the other words, do not exist. The tenth emperor Sujin, who is considered to actuary exist, was throned in third or fourth century AC.
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Whats the soon 3:50, I'm looking for it for over 2 weeks
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Amaterasu was a Chinese worshipped by Japanese
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why don't you do a video on unit 731 war crime? I mean you can't be too bias just talk about the good without the bad right? And was the emperor meiji directly linked to the rise of military fascism in Japan in WWII?
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英語ネィティブですか?
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Amaterasu is a power of sharingan in naruto
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r u muslim
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Really nice!
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여기서 몇몇 한국분들이 일본왕이 한국계라고 자주 말씀하고 계시는데 전 그런것은 별로 상관없다고 생각합니다, 현 영국왕실도 독일에서 유례했고, 현 스페인 왕가도 프랑스에서 꿔온 부르봉왕가입니다, 게다가 위의 두 나라의 사례들은 한국과 일왕가와의 관계보다 더 최근일입니다, 고작 3~400년 밖에 안됐죠 유례같은 일로 일본왕가에 대해 한국의 우월감 내지는 한국과의 연관성을 언급하는것은 일본에 대한 콤플렉스로 밖에 안 보입니다, 그가 어디서 유례했든 그는 일본인입니다
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Jap's are crazy people - Good for a fuck perhaps