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Records bearing Emperor's seal and signature and Japan Cabinet meeting documents to be kept on paper
The government considers it essential to save such public records in paper form in order to preserve their historical value, officials said.
Emperor cancels attendance at rituals and other events due to cough
Emperor Akihito canceled his attendance at the rituals and other events scheduled for Wednesday after developing a cough the previous night, the Imperial Household Agency has said. The agency said the move was a precautionary measure. The rituals are unrelated to a series of ceremonies ...
Japanese government says Reiwa's official translation is 'beautiful harmony'
The government said Tuesday that the official translation of the era name for the new emperor will be "Beautiful Harmony," setting off confusion while offices rush to make changes before Crown Prince Naruhito takes the throne. The Reiwa Era begins May 1, a day after ...
New Japanese era name a boon for Australian property website
What links the Japanese Imperial family and the property market in Western Australia? Until Monday's announcement of the forthcoming Reiwa Era, not much. The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia said it had an unexpected surge in traffic to its website — Reiwa.com — after ...
In 1988, Japan wanted Crown Prince Akihito to visit South Korea, records show
A former senior Japanese government official informed the South Korean side in 1988 of hopes that Emperor Akihito, then the Crown Prince, would make a visit to South Korea as soon as possible, according to declassified diplomatic records. The documents were released by the South ...
As it prepares to usher in the new era, Japan faces a host of challenges that could shake up the future course of the nation.
Emperor set to attend engagements through April ahead of abdication
The new era name may have been released Monday for the forthcoming reign of the emperor-in-waiting, but Emperor Akihito is still set to attend a series of ceremonies through this month in preparation for his abdication on April 30. In modern Japan an era name, ...
Japan's Imperial era names are societal bookmarks for politics, history and culture
In modern Japan, every emperor's era has its own name — appearing in places such as coins, official paperwork and newspapers — and with a rare abdication coming at the end of April, there was much speculation about what the new gengō would be. On ...
Imperial era names — once coined by emperors, now by the Cabinet
Japan will usher in a new era, Reiwa, when Crown Prince Akihito ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne on May 1 — a day after Emperor Akihito abdicates. Gengō, the Japanese term for era names, aren't merely used to identify the reign of an emperor. They ...
As new era looms, women still face age-old challenges
Kumi Fujisawa launched her finance career in Tokyo in 1989. It was a notable year: Emperor Akihito ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne, the Nikkei average reached its giddy peak and the Sony Walkman was still a hot-selling gadget. Yet it wasn't an easy time to be ...
Japan to keep official records of new era name's selection process
The government will document the process of selecting the new Imperial era following concerns over how official papers were handled in the changeover from Showa to Heisei in 1989.
With Emperor lacking grandson in 1997, Japan secretly discussed allowing empresses to reign
The government secretly considered the option of allowing women to ascend the Imperial Throne from 1997, before officially starting a debate on the issue under a panel of experts in 2005, internal documents and other sources showed Thursday. While the plan was later dropped, the ...
