Question: The Japanese Cabinet recently sanctioned the bill allowing King to step down. Currently the King of Japan is-
(a) Yoshihito
(b) Akihito
(c) Naruhito
(d) Maruhito
Ans: (b)
Related facts:-
- On May 19, 2017, the Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved the bill allowing the king to step down.
- Under which the elderly King Akihito of Japan could leave the throne.
- This would be the first case of abandonment by any king of Japan in the past two centuries.
- This bill will be sent to Japan Parliament ‘Diet’ for final approval.
- Significantly, there is no provision for quitting the throne in the existing Japanese law.
Related Links:-
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/05/japan-cabinet-approves-emperor-akihito-abdication-bill-170519033810354.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/19/japan-cabinet-approves-bill-allow-emperor-akihito-abdicate/
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/19/529125693/japans-cabinet-moves-to-allow-emperor-to-abdicate