Naruhito was born on 23 February 1960 in Hospital of the Imperial Household. The Emperor of Japan, Naruhito is the elder son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. He studied history at Gakushuin University and at Merton College, Oxford, and he has a particular interest in the history of water and its transport, on which he has given lectures internationally. In 1993 he married Masako Owada, a diplomat, and they have a daughter, Princess Aiko. He became emperor on 1 May 2019, following the first abdication of a Japanese emperor in about two centuries, and with that began the Reiwa era. His role is ceremonial under the constitution.
Before and after
- 1960Founding of International Development Association
- 4 January 1960Founding of European Free Trade Association
- 4 January 1960Death of Albert Camus
- 23 January 1960Piccard and Walsh reach the bottom of the Challenger Deep
- 23 February 1960Birth of Naruhito
- 21 March 1960Birth of Ayrton Senna
- 21 March 1960Sharpeville massacre
- 19 April 1960April Revolution
- 20 April 1960Birth of Miguel Díaz-Canel
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The era
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