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Japan Today
February 19, 2018
24 next year ahead of his relinquishment of the throne -- the first by a Japanese monarch in more than 200 years. His elder son Crown Prince ... the abdication of the emperor. The emperor and empress are currently having a four-day rest at the imperial villa in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, until Thursday.
Asahi Shimbun
February 19, 2018
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko beamed with pride when asked about the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as they took a stroll near the Hayama Imperial Villa, where they are enjoying a rest. “(Team Japan) is achieving gratifying results,” said a smiling Akihito in praise of Japanese Olympians'ÃÂ ...
Royal Central
February 16, 2018
Empress Michiko of Japan has written 50 waka poems for a book of her own poetry that was recently published in Germany. ... Aber sie wog schwer” (English: “Just a little mulberry, but it weighs heavily”), was published in January and launched at the Japanese Embassy in Germany. The poems wereÃÂ ...
CNN
February 6, 2018
The wedding, which had been set for November, was to be a momentous occasion for the country and the Japanese royal family, led by Emperor Akihito, who plans to abdicate in April 2019. But the couple said they were now having second thoughts about marrying so soon. "It is because of our immaturityÃÂ ...
Eater NY
February 1, 2018
Nobuyoshi Kuraoka, the first restaurateur to bring a sushi bar to New York City at Restaurant Nippon, died on January 13 at 86 years old. Kuraoka was also the first chef to legally serve poisonous blowfish in the United States, invented negimayaki, or grilled beef rolled around scallions, and pursued anÃÂ ...
NHK WORLD
January 20, 2018
A funeral service has been held near Hanoi for the wife of a former Japanese soldier who had remained in Vietnam after World War Two. Nguyen Thi Xuan died on Thursday at the age of 93. The couple had 3 children. In the early 1950s, Xuan's husband had to return to Japan due to growing politicalÃÂ ...
thenews.pl
January 16, 2018
Warsaw Philharmonic plays before Japanese emperor ... Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michito were the guests of honour at a concert by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra at Tokyo's Suntory Hall on Monday. ... The concert was attended by the Polish ambassador to Japan, Jacek Izydorczyk.
The Japan News
January 13, 2018
Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Emperor and Empress will visit Okinawa Prefecture in late March, it was learned Friday. ... in August 2016, the Emperor, while showing his strong hope to step down, said he feels that his travels to various places around Japan, in particular, to remote places and islands,ÃÂ ...
Japan Today
January 13, 2018
My 92-year-old Okinawan grandmother and surviving relatives who lived in Japan-occupied Okinawa before and during the war, remembers how the Imperial Japanese government and military treated Okinawans and still harbors resentment toward Japan in general. On the other hand, she found theÃÂ ...
The Japan Times
January 12, 2018
Ahead of his abdication next year, Empress Michiko reflected on the path her husband Emperor Akihito has followed in a poem recited Friday at the annual New Year Poetry Reading ceremony at the Imperial Palace. This year's theme for the waka (poems) was go, which means word in Japanese.
The Mainichi
January 11, 2018
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will not go to the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament later this month, the Imperial ... In the latest scandal rocking Japan's traditional sport, Harumafuji ended his 17-year career in November after admitting to assaulting fellow MongolianÃÂ ...
The Japan Times
January 10, 2018
The Kosho Hajime new year lecture event, in which leading experts from the academic community deliver lectures to Emperor Akihito and Empress ... Kazui Tashiro, a 71-year-old professor emeritus at Keio University, gave a lecture on historical trade between Japan and the Korean Peninsula, using writtenÃÂ ...
VolleyMob
January 5, 2018
The calendar year of 2017 for Japanese women's volleyball ends with the Empress's Cup. One December 23rd, the semifinals were played at Tokyo's Ota Ward Gymnasium. The women's semifinals had NEC Red Rockets face Toyota Auto Body Queenseis in one match, while Toray Arrows meet the DensoÃÂ ...
The Japan News
December 31, 1999
His thought is to pursue the ideal role of an emperor as the constitutionally defined symbol of Japan while having contact with many people. Much of the public must have felt sympathy with him. Regarding the continued recuperation efforts by Crown Princess Masako, who is to become the new empress,ÃÂ ...
The Mainichi
December 31, 1999
Japan's parliament enacted a one-off law last June to enable him to pass the throne to his elder son Crown Prince Naruhito. With the ... The crown prince was the first child to be raised by a Japanese emperor and empress as his parents abolished the imperial family's traditional nanny system. Crown PrinceÃÂ ...
The Japan News
December 31, 1999
The Crown Prince also said it is important to play the roles of the Emperor as the constitutionally defined symbol of Japan and the unity of the Japanese people, while inheriting the long-established Imperial Family tradition that the Emperor and Empress have also cherished. But at the same time,ÃÂ ...
Kyodo News Plus
December 31, 1999
Crown Prince Naruhito, on the occasion of his 58th birthday on Friday, vowed to "pursue self-improvement" ahead of his accession to the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1, 2019. Speaking about the emperor's constitutional role as symbol of the state in the upcoming new era, the crown prince said,ÃÂ ...
Asahi Shimbun
December 31, 1999
BERLIN--Fifty “waka” poems by Empress Michiko have been published in German. A book launch was held at the Japanese Embassy in Berlin on Jan. 16 to celebrate the collection, published by Herder. The book is titled "Nur eine kleine Maulbeere. Aber sie wog schwer" (Just a little mulberry, but it weighsÃÂ ...
The Japan Times
December 31, 1999
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited their future home on Friday, an Imperial property they will temporarily move to after the Emperor abdicates on April 30, 2019. The Takanawa Imperial Residence in Tokyo's Minato Ward is the former home of Prince and Princess Takamatsu and has been vacantÃÂ ...
Yonhap News
September 28, 2017
Korea was a colony of Japan from 1910 to 1945, and he is often ... the film opens with a scene in which Kim fights against a Japanese man at a tavern ... whom he believed was the assassin of Korea's Empress Myeongseong.
The Japan Times
September 25, 2017
... of the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties with Japan. ... Akihito and Empress Michiko, is scheduled with the princess to meet ... of Japanese descent living in the South American country soon afterÃÂ ...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
September 22, 2017
The Japanese government will decide the date for the emperor's abdication ... the emperor's title will be “joko” and the Empress' will be “jokogo.
ABC News
September 21, 2017
Japan's Emperor Akihito, second from left, and Empress Michiko, led by a ... Akihito has noted an ancient Japanese document citing a linkÃÂ ...
South China Morning Post
September 15, 2017
Why the Japanese developed Mumbai-Ahmadabad high-speed rail line ... Fit for royalty: Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko take aÃÂ ...
AsiaOne
September 12, 2017
In 2016, the number of Japanese tourists entering Thailand was 4th ... visit to Thailand of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress of Japan inÃÂ ...
Newsweek
September 10, 2017
That's not uncommon in Japan — actually that's pretty good since you ... Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko pictured with theirÃÂ ...
Designboom
September 10, 2017
... the lush mifuneyama rakuen garden in the historic japanese prefecture ... once hosted japan's imperial family, emperor akihito and empressÃÂ ...
Newsweek
September 10, 2017
That's not uncommon in Japan — actually that's pretty good since you ... Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko pictured with theirÃÂ ...
Stripes Japan
September 8, 2017
Whether it's your first time in Japan, or you're coming back to explore more, ... doesn't include restaurants, as some have signs only in Japanese). ... in the modernization of Japan, and Empress Shoken and to commemorateÃÂ ...
Marianas Variety
September 6, 2017
KOROR (Palau government) — Invited by Japan High Priestess ... Peleliu where their imperial majesties, the Emperor and Empress of Japan,ÃÂ ...
INSIDER
September 5, 2017
Japan's Princess Mako is engaged to law clerk Kei Komuro. ... Japanese Emperor Akihito (seated third from the left) and Empress Michiko (onÃÂ ...
CBS News
September 4, 2017
TOKYO -- Japanese Emperor Akihito's oldest grandchild, Princess Mako, said ... and her grandparents, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.
The Japan News
September 3, 2017
On Sunday morning, Princess Mako introduced Komuro to the Emperor and Empress at the Imperial couple's residence at the Imperial PalaceÃÂ ...
The Japan Times
August 31, 2017
... Mako, the first grandchild of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, ... Komuro has reignited debate on the dwindling Imperial family of Japan.
Archaeology
August 17, 2017
YAO, JAPAN—The Asahi Shimbun reports that archaeologists in ... built on the orders of the Empress Shotoku, who ruled from A.D. 767 to 770.
The Japan News
August 17, 2017
Jiji Press TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Emperor and Empress plan to visit flood-hit northern areas of the Kyushu region in late October, ImperialÃÂ ...
The Japan Times
August 16, 2017
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are planning to visit in late ... places throughout Japan, particularly to remote places and islands, areÃÂ ...
The Japan Times
August 16, 2017
... the couple's engagement after reporting to the Emperor and Empress, ... The last marriage of a Japanese princess took place in October ... Crown Prince Naruhito, in what would be Japan's first abdication in two centuries.
Japan Today
August 16, 2017
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are planning to visit in late October southwestern Japan areas hit hard by recent torrential rain to offerÃÂ ...
The Japan Times
August 15, 2017
'The Mahaprajnaparamita-sutra and Japanese Zen Buddhism: From The ... princes to Empress Shoshi, who was the Empress of Japan duringÃÂ ...
Kyodo News Plus
August 14, 2017
Japan marked the 72nd anniversary of its surrender in World War II on ... including Tuesday's, although Japanese premiers have touched on the ... The ceremony was attended by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.
Nature.com
August 14, 2017
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pushing innovation over pure ... with a grand ceremony attended by the empress and emperor. But notÃÂ ...
VolleyMob
July 30, 2017
On July 26th, the Japanese V.League released the schedules for both the ... which is when the Emperor's (Men's) and Empress (Women's) CupÃÂ ...
The Korea Herald
December 31, 1999
The emperor and Empress Michiko will visit the Koma Shrine, located in ... This will mark the first time for a Japanese emperor to visit the shrine.
VolleyMob
December 31, 1999
The 29 year old Akinradewo will now join a team that historically has been a force in Japan, including winning the Empress Cup for the past fiveÃÂ ...
Slate Magazine (blog)
December 31, 1999
But of the 19 people in the Japanese royal family, just five are men, ... Empresses are not unheard of in Japan: Though emperors used to have ... Mako could just as easily perform the duties of an empress, minimal as they are,ÃÂ ...
VietNamNet Bridge
December 31, 1999
VietNamNet Bridge – Chairman of the Viet Nam-Japan Friendship ... by the Japanese Emperor and Empress and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,ÃÂ ...
The Korea Herald
March 26, 2017
A group of South Korean people held a ceremony in Dalian, northeastern China, on Sunday to mark the 107th anniversary of the execution by the Japanese of a Korean national hero who assassinated a top Japanese official more than a century ago, as a ...
The Japan News
March 26, 2017
According to sources, the crown prince's family would move to the Imperial Palace after renovations are completed following the Emperor and Empress' departure. During the renovations, the crown prince would commute from the crown prince's residence toÃÂ ...
Next Big Future
March 23, 2017
That doesn't stop the need for China's little emperors/empresses having to support two parents and help support up to four grandparents all the while they entire their major retirement saving years themselves.
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