This is reported by AFP.

“Narukhito becomes the emperor of Japan, a new era of rave begins,” the agency writes.

#BREAKING Naruhito becomes emperor of Japan, new 'Reiwa' era pic pic.twitter.com/C4DNUWCR9p

- AFP news agency (@AFP) April 30, 2019

Earlier, the former emperor of Japan, Akihito, completed a series of rituals before the abdication.

Professor MGIMO, former Russian ambassador to Japan Alexander Panov, in an interview with Nation News, commented on the abdication of Emperor Akihito from the throne.