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ISE SHRINE

Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2019
Japan's emperor and empress mark end of enthronement ceremonies at Ise shrine
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited the Grand Shrines of Ise in Mie Prefecture on Friday to mark the completion of two major rites signifying the emperor's enthronement.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 21, 2017
Emperor's daughter becomes supreme priestess at Ise Shrine
Sayako Kuroda, the daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, assumed the post of supreme priestess at Ise Shrine this week, the ancient Shinto shrine said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2016
Many of Japan's major historical attractions remain unknown to foreign tourists
Japan as a whole may be attracting record numbers of foreign tourists, but a report by McKinsey & Co. indicates that the four major historical regions of Nara, Kamakura, Nikko and Ise Shrine are almost unknown among Western tourists.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2016
Pilot project aims to attract more overseas visitors to Japan's national parks
Eight of the nation's 32 national parks have been selected by an Environment Ministry panel for a pilot project aimed at attracting more foreign tourists to sites of natural beauty.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 26, 2016
Abe's pro-Shinto motives in spotlight with choice of G-7 opening ceremony venue
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looked satisfied as he met top leaders from the Group of Seven countries at the gate to a giant Shinto-style wooden bridge.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 18, 2016
Abe's planned Ise Shrine tour welcomed by some, others warn of mixing religion and state
Although local excitement appears to be building about a plan for the Group of Seven leaders to visit Japan's most prestigious shrine later next week, some religious scholars are taking issue with the move as a possible conflict with the principle of the separation of religion and state.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 12, 2016
Abe to take G-7 counterparts to Ise Shrine during summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to take Group of Seven leaders to Japan's most prestigious Shinto shrine later this month when they gather in the Ise-Shima area for their annual summit, government sources have said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 21, 2016
Ise Jingu: telling Japan's story to the rest of the world
Ise Shrine can offer world leaders a valuable message when they gather there in May.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 21, 2016
Ise Shrine becomes social media savvy ahead of G-7 summit
Photos of a dimly lit Uji Bridge at night, sacred horses walking on the front approach to the shrine, artists performing court music and dance.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Jun 22, 2015
Shima has high hopes for long-term windfall from G-7 meet
Just before departing for this year's Group of Seven summit in Germany earlier this month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that Shima, situated at the end of a peninsula in Mie Prefecture, will be the main venue for next year's annual gathering.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 6, 2015
Mie's G-7 summit victory credited to Ise Shrine
Prime Minister Shinzo Abeu2019s decision to hold the 2016 G-7 summit close to Ise Shrine underlines his conservative credentials.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2014
Imperial Couple visit Ise Shrine
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture on Wednesday, following the ceremony last October to transfer the shrine deity to a new building.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design / ON: ARCHITECTURE
Dec 30, 2013
Building on strong foundations in 2013
The end of the year is traditionally a time of review and new prospects, a time to weave memories of the past with plans for the future to form the narrative cloth of a coherent identity.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 23, 2013
Back to the future: Shinto's growing influence in politics
Immaculate and ramrod straight in a crisp, black suit, Japanu2019s education minister, Hakubun Shimomura, speaks like a schoolteacher u2014 slowly and deliberately.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2013
Ise to fund tourist info in English
To attract foreign visitors on the occasion of Ise Shrine's "shikinen sengu" renovation event in October, held once every two decades, the host city in Mie Prefecture will start providing subsidies for tourist facilities to prepare information in English.

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