TOKYO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Monday in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, six years after their previous meeting during the first Trump presidency.

Here are some key facts about Japan’s monarchy.

WHO IS CURRENT EMPEROR OF JAPAN?

Emperor Naruhito assumed the reign in 2019, three years after his father Akihito, then Emperor and now Emperor Emeritus, said he feared increasing age would make it hard to carry out his duties. It marked the first imperial abdication since Emperor Kokaku stepped down in 1817. Naruhito, 65, and Empress Masako, 61, both studied at Oxford University and attended British Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in 2022.

Akihito, born in 1933, made efforts throughout his reign to reconcile Japan with its former colonies in As

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