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Emperor of Japan (1989–2019)."},{"q":"Where did Akihito study?","a":"Akihito was educated at Gakushuin University."}],"related":[{"name":"Hirohito","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hirohito"},{"name":"Emperor Go-Sanjō","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-go-sanjo"},{"name":"Empress Meishō","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/empress-meisho"},{"name":"Emperor Go-Komatsu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-go-komatsu"},{"name":"Emperor Taishō","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-taisho"},{"name":"Emperor Meiji","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-meiji"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/akihito-6a6e1b6974.jpg","width":500,"height":614,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Malacañang Photo Bureau","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emperor_Akihito_(2016).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Akihito","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akihito","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): अकिहितो","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q37979","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q37979","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Emperor Akihito (2016).jpg by Malacañang Photo Bureau (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emperor_Akihito_(2016).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Akihito, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Emperor Akihito (2016).jpg — Malacañang Photo Bureau, Public domain.","cite":"\"Akihito\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/akihito. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T07:57:51Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/akihito","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/akihito","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/akihito?lang=ne"}}