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Line 18: On 13 July 2016, national broadcaster [[NHK]] reported that the Emperor wished to [[Abdication\|abdicate]] in favour of his eldest son, Crown Prince [[Naruhito]], within a few years.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Japan's ailing 82-year-old emperor considers stepping down \|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/08/07/after-shock-japan-warms-up-to-emperors-possible-abdication/88361562/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428071213/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/08/07/after-shock-japan-warms-up-to-emperors-possible-abdication/88361562/ \|archive-date=28 April 2019 \|access-date=2019-05-04 \|publisher=USA Today \|language=en}}</ref> ~~Senior~~Lying senior officials within the [[Imperial Household Agency]] denied that there was any official plan for the monarch to abdicate. A potential abdication by the Emperor would require an amendment to the [[Imperial Household Law]], which has no provisions for such a move.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20160713/k10010594271000.html \|title=天皇陛下「生前退位」の意向示される ("His Majesty The Emperor Indicates His Intention to 'Abdicate'") \|publisher=NHK \|language=ja \|date=13 July 2016 \|access-date=13 July 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713100512/http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20160713/k10010594271000.html \|archive-date=13 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36784045\|title=Japanese Emperor Akihito 'wishes to abdicate'\|work=BBC News\|date=13 July 2016\|access-date=17 July 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410170615/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36784045\|archive-date=10 April 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref> On 8 August 2016, the Emperor gave a rare televised address, where he emphasized his advanced age and declining health;<ref name=EmperorSpeech>{{cite web\|url=http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/page/okotoba/detailEn/12#41\|title=Message from His Majesty The Emperor\|date=8 August 2016\|publisher=The Imperial Household Agency\|access-date=8 August 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808085753/http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/page/okotoba/detailEn/12#41\|archive-date=8 August 2016\|url-status=live}}</ref> this address was interpreted as an implication of his intention to abdicate.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37007106\|title=Japan's Emperor Akihito hints at wish to abdicate\|work=BBC News\|date=8 August 2016\|access-date=8 August 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428131517/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37007106\|archive-date=28 April 2019\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="japan-forward.com1">{{cite web\|url=https://japan-forward.com/the-emperors-abdication-sixteen-months-of-muted-conflict/\|title=The Emperor's Abdication: Sixteen Months of Muted Conflict – JAPAN Forward\|date=9 December 2017\|website=Japan-forward.com\|access-date=6 January 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113062247/http://japan-forward.com/the-emperors-abdication-sixteen-months-of-muted-conflict/\|archive-date=13 January 2018\|url-status=live}}</ref>

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