User:TheInfernoX/documents/Draft for the 2019 Japanese imperial transition

This draft lists articles and sentences needed to be amended or created immediately after the accession of Crown Prince Naruhito to the throne (Kenji to Shokei no Gi). Feel free to edit the sentences as needed.

In general, sentences, links, images, articles, and templates that has to be changed are:
 * relating to the status of Akihito and Naruhito as Jōkō (Retired Emperor) (上皇) and Emperor respectively.
 * relating to the status of Michiko and Masako as Jōkōgō (Retired Empress) (上皇后) and Empress respectively.
 * relating to the former Era name of Heisei, and the new Era name Reiwa (令和).
 * relating to the Imperial Family tree, and the order of succession.
 * relating to the sovereign of Japanese orders.
 * relating to the residences of Akihito and Naruhito.

Articles
The articles that needs to be changed (not exhaustive) are:


 * Akihito
 * Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
 * Empress Michiko
 * Masako, Crown Princess of Japan
 * Imperial House of Japan
 * Japanese imperial family tree
 * Template:Japanese Imperial Family
 * Emperor of Japan
 * Empress of Japan
 * Fumihito, Prince Akishino
 * Kiko, Princess Akishino
 * Prince Hisahito of Akishino
 * Daijō Tennō
 * Enthronement of the Japanese Emperor
 * Template:Politics of Japan
 * Chrysanthemum Throne
 * Government of Japan
 * Emperor Kōkaku
 * Shinzō Abe
 * List of Prime Ministers of Japan
 * Template:Monarchs of Japan
 * Template:Japanese princes
 * Order of the Chrysanthemum
 * Imperial Regalia of Japan
 * Kusanagi
 * Tōgū Palace
 * Japan
 * List of current heads of state and government
 * List of current sovereign monarchs
 * Heisei
 * Reiwa
 * Japanese era name
 * 2019 Japanese imperial transition
 * History of Japan
 * Template:Japan current era date
 * The Emperor's Birthday
 * 2019 in Japan
 * Public holidays in Japan

Akihito
Akihito (明仁) was the 125th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. He succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne upon the death of his father Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) on 7 January 1989. The Japanese government announced in December 2017 that Akihito would abdicate on 30 April 2019 due to his age and declining health. He is succeeded by his elder son Emperor Naruhito.

Name
In Japan, the Emperor is never referred to by his given name, but rather is referred to as "His Majesty the Emperor" (天皇陛下) which may be shortened to His Majesty (陛下). In writing, the Emperor is also referred to formally as "The Reigning Emperor" (今上天皇). The Era of Akihito's reign bears the name "Heisei" (平成), and according to custom he will be renamed Emperor Heisei (平成天皇) by order of the Cabinet after his death. Upon Akihito's abdication on 30 April 2019, he received the title of Jōkō (Retired Emperor) (上皇), an abbreviation of Daijō Tennō (太上天皇), and a new Era, Reiwa (令和), was established when his son, Emperor Naruhito, acceded to the throne.

Titles and styles

 * 23 December 1933 – 10 November 1952: His Imperial Highness The Prince Tsugu
 * 10 November 1952 – 7 January 1989: His Imperial Highness The Crown Prince
 * 7 January 1989 – 30 April 2019: His Imperial Majesty The Emperor
 * 30 April 2019 – present: His Imperial Majesty The Emperor Emeritus (Jōkō)

Naruhito
Naruhito (徳仁) is the current Emperor of Japan. He succeeded to the Chrysanthemum Throne upon the abdication of his father Jōkō (Retired Emperor) Akihito on 31 April 2019. According to Japan's traditional order of succession, he is the 126th member of the world's oldest reigning dynasty. He is the first Emperor to be born after World War II.

Name
In Japan, the Emperor is never referred to by his given name, but rather is referred to as "His Majesty the Emperor" (天皇陛下) which may be shortened to His Majesty (陛下). In writing, the Emperor is also referred to formally as "The Reigning Emperor" (今上天皇). The Era of Naruhito's reign bears the name "Reiwa" (令和), and according to custom he will be renamed Emperor Reiwa (令和天皇) by order of the Cabinet after his death. At the same time, the name of the next Era under his successor will be established.

Titles and styles

 * 23 February 1960 – 23 February 1991: His Imperial Highness The Prince Hiro
 * 23 February 1991 – 30 April 2019: His Imperial Highness The Crown Prince of Japan
 * 1 May 2019 - present: His Imperial Majesty The Emperor

Michiko
Michiko (美智子) is the Jōkōgō (Retired Empress) (上皇后) as the wife of Akihito, the 125th Emperor of Japan reigning from 7 January 1989 to 30 April 2019.

Titles

 * 20 October 1934 – 10 April 1959: Miss Michiko Shōda
 * 10 April 1959 – 7 January 1989: Her Imperial Highness The Crown Princess
 * 7 January 1989 – 30 April 2019: Her Imperial Majesty The Empress
 * 30 April 2019 – present: Her Imperial Majesty The Empress Emerita (Jōkōgō)

Masako
Masako (雅子) is the Empress consort of Japan (皇后) as the wife of Naruhito, the current Emperor of Japan. She succeeded her mother-in-law, the Retired Empress (Jōkōgō) Michiko, consort of the Retired Emperor (Jōkō) Akihito.

Titles

 * 9 December 1963 – 9 June 1993: Miss Masako Owada
 * 9 June 1993 – 30 April 2019: Her Imperial Highness The Crown Princess of Japan
 * 1 May 2019 – present: Her Imperial Majesty The Empress

Template:Japanese Imperial Family
The only people who should be listed in this template – to the exclusion of all others – are the Emperor and his consort, the Empress, his grandmother, the Grand Empress Dowager, and his mother, the Empress Dowager, as well as all the Princes and Princesses of Japan. The people listed should all be alive. (An exception should be held for the Emperor's abdicated father, the Emperor Emeritus, and his abdicated mother, the Empress Emerita, while they are still alive.)

Japanese Imperial Family

Japanese imperial family tree
The following is a family tree of the Emperors of Japan, from the legendary Emperor Jimmu to the present day.

Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine Emperors; Kōgen's descendant, Emperor Sujin (98 BC – 30 BC?), is the first for which many agree that he might have actually existed. These monarchs are regarded by historians as "legendary emperors", since there are insufficient material available for further verification and study.

The reign of Emperor Kinmei (c. 509 – 571 AD), the 29th Emperor, is the first for which the contemporary historiography is able to assign verifiable dates. However, the conventionally accepted names and dates of the early Emperors were not to be confirmed as "traditional" until the reign of Emperor Kanmu (737–806), the 50th sovereign of the Yamato dynasty.