Why doesn't the Japanese emperor have a surname?

In order to maintain the myth that the emperor is a descendant of the gods, members of the Japanese royal family have no surnames. In the past few centuries, men's names ended with "benevolence" and women's names ended with "zi". There are a few exceptions in history. A queen who marries the royal family will also delete her surname from her identity document. The history of the Japanese royal family can be traced back to 660 BC, and Emperor Jimmu was the first emperor of Japan.

The Japanese royal family has a history of more than 2,600 years. Today's Japanese royal family includes the Japanese emperor and the royal family. Because members of the royal family are legendary gods, they have no human surnames, no right to vote and stand for election, and are not governed by Japanese household registration law, but their daily life is regulated by a specially formulated royal model.

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The Japanese royal family includes the emperor and the royal family. After leaving the royal family, the royal family can take the name of the palace family as the surname according to the "royal family model". The institution that manages Japanese royal affairs is called the Palace Hall, and in the old society it was also called the Palace Provincial Department and the Palace Hall. There are more than 1000 employees in the Palace Hall, which are under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, and many of them are Chinese in high positions.

In addition to being in charge of state affairs related to the royal family, the palace also assisted the emperor in receiving foreign envoys and holding ceremonies, and kept the imperial seal and the national seal. The living expenses of the Emperor, Crown Prince and their families have been about 300 million yen in recent years. The royal family mainly earns its income by investing in stocks. There are less than 200 servants in the Emperor Center.

Except for the Crown Prince, other princes will build palaces with the approval of the Palace Hall when they are adults or married, which is different from the palace number when they were young. For example, the palace number of Prince Wen Ren in Qiuxiao Palace is "Li Palace", and Qiuxiao Palace will be built in adulthood. However, after marriage, female descendants leave the royal family and follow their husbands' titles or surnames.

Court officials who leave the royal family will be awarded the title of prince. Prince is the title of the direct descendant of the emperor. Within three generations of direct descendants, princes and grandchildren are called princes, and princesses are called inner princes. Outside the direct line of three generations, the grandson is the king and the granddaughter is the queen.

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