TOKYO (Reuters) - Emperor Akihito's abdication on Tuesday, one of several ceremonies marking the transition to his heir Crown Prince Naruhito, will be a brief, relatively simple and rare event.
The last abdication by a Japanese monarch was in 1817.
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