1308    The reign of Emperor Hanazono, emperor of Japan, begins.

1586    Emperor Go-Yozei becomes Emperor of Japan.

1867    The 15th and the last military Shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate resigns in Japan, returning his power to the Emperor of Japan and thence to the re-established civil government of Japan

1869    The Japanese daimyō begin returning their land holdings to the emperor as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms. (Traditional Japanese Date: June 17, 1869).

1945    Japan accepts the Allied terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor records the Imperial Rescript on Surrender (August 15 in Japan standard time).

1959    Akihito, future Emperor of Japan, weds Michiko.

1992    Emperor Akihito becomes the first Emperor of Japan to stand on Chinese soil.