Eli5: Why is the Japanese emperor an emperor if Japan is not an empire and doesn’t have a king or multiple Kings below him?

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Eli5: Why is the Japanese emperor an emperor if Japan is not an empire and doesn’t have a king or multiple Kings below him?

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Wouldn’t the full Japanese islands, each with its own government, count as an Empire?

Considering Queen Victoria only declared herself Emperess of India under the same argument

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