Current law does not allow abdication, so it offers no guidance about the role of a retired emperor.

现行法律不允许天皇生前退位，因此也没有关于退位天皇所扮演角色的指导。

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"There is an irrational mentality about revering the Emperor, " says Tadashi Kosho, a respected historian retired from Komazawa University, who himself risks the ire of right-wing activists by making such a statement.

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