I was misinformed
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Retirement is becoming fashionable even for holders of jobs that for centuries came with the expectation that the incumbent would die in service. First Pope Benedict a few years ago and now Emperor Akihito
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20160713_34/
Quoting Wikipedia "Japan is the oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world.....Akihito is the 125th monarch to occupy the Chrysanthemum Throne. The extant historical records only reach back to Emperor Ōjin, who is considered to have reigned into the early 4th century." Apparently Emperors in the distant past have abidicated but not in the last couple of centuries.
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20160713_34/
Quoting Wikipedia "Japan is the oldest continuing hereditary monarchy in the world.....Akihito is the 125th monarch to occupy the Chrysanthemum Throne. The extant historical records only reach back to Emperor Ōjin, who is considered to have reigned into the early 4th century." Apparently Emperors in the distant past have abidicated but not in the last couple of centuries.
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