<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruhito" id="mwAb8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Naruhito">Naruhito</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Japanese_imperial_transition" id="mwAcA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2019 Japanese imperial transition">ascends to the throne of Japan</a> succeeding his father <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihito" id="mwAcE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Akihito">Akihito</a>, beginning the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reiwa" id="mwAcI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Reiwa">Reiwa</a> period.<sup about="#mwt153" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-28"}}' id="cite_ref-28" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./May_1#cite_note-28" id="mwAcM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 28;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAcQ">[28]</span></a></sup>
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