The current emperor is His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Akihito. He has been on the Chrysanthemum Throne since his father Emperor ShÅwa (Hirohito) died in 1989. The amount of power belonging to the emperor of Japan has changed a lot throughout Japanese history. The Emperor of Japan has sometimes been a cleric with mostly symbolic powers and sometimes an actual ruler. Some believe that the emperor is descended from gods.
He meets Bruno and they become the best of friends, even though they're tâ¦wo completely different people- Bruno is the son of a Nazi, Shmuel is a Jew. Shmuel is the shy, cute, Polish-Jewish Boy in the striped pajamas. His father is a watch-maker, his mother a teacher, and he has an older brother named Josef. Shmuel is a Jewish boy who wears striped pajamas.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 4.1 Â· Rating details Â· 327,403 Ratings Â· 19,137 Reviews. Berlin 1942. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates.