Japan's new emperor is a team player, musician and historian who will bring a global perspective to an ancient institution.
April 25, 2019
Japan’s constitution gives the emperor only symbolic status, and Naruhito is likely to emulate his father, who has embraced his role as national symbol. Akihito will end his three-decade reign by abdicating on April 30. “He will be a fantastic emperor,” said Keith George, 57, a friend of Naruhito’s since their days at Oxford. “He is a caring person. He is a humble person. But he has never forgotten his duties as the crown prince, and he will never forget them as the emperor.”
Naruhito will be the 126th emperor, but his role will be strikingly different from that of his grandfather Hirohito. Only with Japan’s 1945 surrender in World War II did the Showa Emperor, which is what Hirohito is now called, cease being treated as a living god. Under Japan’s U.S.-inspired pacifist constitution, the emperor has no political power.
In an essay he contributed for a concert brochure, Naruhito once wrote: “I’m starting to understand the role of viola, which doesn’t stand out, but harmony becomes lonesome without it. ... It’s a joy to have chosen the viola as a friend through which I could meet people and play music together.”“He encourages people to talk and helps enrich a conversation,” he said. “He doesn’t want to be a star; instead he wants to be with people and work together.
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