<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Genshō" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empress Genshō">Empress Genshō</a> abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Shōmu" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Emperor Shōmu">Shōmu</a> who becomes emperor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japan">Japan</a>.