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.
Who Was Nerva?: Marcus Cocceius Nerva ruled Rome as emperor from 96-98 A.D., following the assassination of the much hated Emperor Domitian. Nerva was the first of the five good emperors and the first to adopt an heir who wasn't part of his biological family.