Have You Always Wondered?

Japan's Monarchy explained

Japan. Something so forgetful that even Japan forgets about itself. But speaking about forgetting. There is something Japan still has, that you knew it had, but chose not to think about it. Yes I'm talking about Japan's Emperor. Japan's monarchy is a bit different from other monarchies, as a matter a fact, the only thing that Japan's Emperor can do is speeches and announcements. But you must be saying "Well don't all monarchies do that?". No. It is true that modern day monarchies hold less power than they used to. This doesn't mean they the monarch loses their power, alright the monarch just has less power than an absolute monarchy. But monarchies like in Great Britain or Morocco at least the monarch has some sort of power. In Japan the Emperor has almost no power what so ever. So why is this? Well the question is, how long did Japan have an Emperor? Well it's complicated, since Japan has been mostly isolationist in mainland Asian politics, Japan has mostly been at war with its self more than it has been at war with a foreign nation. Because of this the Japanese monarchy changed between Royal Families of that are the heir of the Japanese Emperor and the Japanese Shogunates. This ended in 1868 during the Boshin War when the rebels overthrew the Japanese Shogun with some help from Great Britain. Then made the Meiji Restoration which made Emperor Meiji ( Emperor Meiji is the Great Grandfather of current Japanese Emperor, Emperor Akihito) the next Emperor of Japan. Fast forward to 1945 the end of World War II, Japan surrendered to the Allies Powers. To not be utterly destroyed by nuclear bombs the previous Emperor of Japan, Emperor Hirohito Showa told the Japanese people that the Emperor being superior, a god, where deception and lies. Basically telling Japan the truth about it's king. So afterwards the peace treaty that Japan and (almost) all the Allied Powers signed gave the Absolute Monarchy in Japan become a constitutional, democratic monarchy. But the new constitution said one thing about the Emperor. The Emperor will hold A LOT less power than it previously had and when I say A LOT I mean A LOT of power. Because Japan's Emperor has less power to basically do anything Japan's Emperor is only seen in public at least once a year. Now the fact that the current Japanese Emperor, Emperor Akihito might abdicate because of his old age (According to one of Emperor Akihito's not that long ago speeches) giving his 53 year old son most likely to take his father's place. So should Japan's Emperor have at least slightly more power in the country he rules?