Piperine, along with its isomer chavicine, is the alkaloid responsible for the pungency of black pepper and long pepper. It has been used in some forms of traditional medicine.
In the Japanese constitutional monarchy, the emperor does not have any political power. In world politics, he is the only current emperor. The current emperor is His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Akihito. He has been on the Chrysanthemum Throne since his father Emperor ShÅwa (Hirohito) died in 1989. The amount of power belonging to the emperor of Japan has changed a lot throughout Japanese history.
Gods and Men. The emperor is the head of state and the highest authority of the Shinto religion. Japan is the only modern nation to still refer to the head of its royal family as emperor. In Japanese the emperor is called tenno, or âheavenly sovereign,â a nod to the idea that the imperial family is descended from gods.