TOKYO --- Japan marks the end of an era with Tuesday's abdication of Emperor Akihito who would leave behind a much-changed country. Crown Prince Naruhito will inherit a Japan vastly different from that of the start of his father's reign, when the country was in the grip of an economic bubble and on the verge of a tech revolution. Here are some of the ways Japan has changed dramatically during the Heisei imperial era of Akihito's rule: Population decline Japan's shrinking population is among the country's most pressing social and economic issues. When Akihito took the throne, he was emperor of a country with a ...
Keep on reading: From Heisei to Reiwa: how Japan changed under Emperor Akihito
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