Emperor Akihito has ruled Japan since 1989 and is the 125th its ruler.
The Emperor of Japan Akihito on Monday, I will make a video address to the nation amid media reports about a possible abdication of the monarch from the throne.
Earlier, Japanese media reported that the 82-year-old Emperor, who underwent heart surgery and is being treated for prostate cancer, expressed his intention to abdicate in the coming years.
The Agency notes that ordinary Japanese people support the desire of the Emperor to go, but in Japan there is no legal basis for abdication. Special resistance to the idea of renunciation is the conservatives, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is afraid of a debate about the possibility for women to become Empress.
A video message from the Emperor, came to the throne in 1989, will be aired on Japanese TV at 15.00 (8.00 am CET).
Emperor Akihito recently transferred part of its responsibilities to the successor, 56-year-old crown Prince Naruhito. In Naruhito has only one daughter, and as role models in the Imperial family is on the male line, the next Challenger to the throne is brother, Naruhito – Akishino, and then his 9-year-old nephew, Hisahito.
Before birth, Hisahito in the Imperial family for more than 40 years not born male heirs, which caused a debate about the succession to the throne of women.
