Emperor Akihito Abdicates, and a New Era Arrives in Japan The new emperor, Naruhito, replaces an enormously popular monarch who traveled the country to console the Japanese after disasters and toured Asia to atone for Japan’s wartime sins. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Op-Ed Columnist: Anti-Semitic Anti-ZionismContributing Op-Ed Writer: From Russia (but Nowhere Else) With LoveContributing Op-Ed Writer: The Terrifying Impunity of Brazil’s Riot PoliceAfter Losses in Syria and Iraq, ISIS Moves the Goal PostsAustria Seeks to Seize, and Possibly Tear Down, Hitler’s HouseOp-Ed Contributor: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Nigeria’s Failed Promises