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EMPEROR AKIHITO

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 30, 2019
Japan's international emperor exits the stage
Emperor Akihito has been much more of a global leader than a national one. That sets him apart from his father — and from many of the world's current leaders.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2019
Not performed for 200 years in Japan, abdication seen recently in monarchies in Europe — and Bhutan
Emperor Akihito on Tuesday became Japan's first monarch in more than 200 years to relinquish the throne, but around the world such moves are not uncommon.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2019
A different era for Japan: The ascensions of two emperors
Much like chapters in a book, the enthronement of an emperor marks the beginning of a new era in Japan. From Meiji to Taisho to Showa, each imperial era began and ended with the death of an emperor followed by a yearlong period in which the country mourned, holidays and festivities were canceled and the economy briefly sputtered.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 30, 2019
Braving heat and wind — but not rain or snow — superfan finds Japan's royals wherever they go
Wherever Japan's imperials go, there too goes Fumiko Shirataki: in summer heat and winter cold, to the ocean and to the mountains.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2019
Chronology of key events related to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko
The following is a chronology of major events related to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko:
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2019
People across Japan look back on Heisei Era, with hopes that peace will reign through Reiwa
With the 30-year Heisei Era nearing its end as then-Emperor Akihito prepared to abdicate at midnight Tuesday, members of the public recalled the past three decades and expressed their hopes for the new era starting the next day.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2019
Japan's Emperor Akihito anticipated and battled with challenges of age in final years of his era
In recent years, the emperor has depended more on help from his assistants, who send him signals to proceed during official ceremonies and other events.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2019
People in Japan reflect on Emperor Akihito's abdication and express hopes for successor's reign
Emperor Akihito will step down in favor of his elder son, Crown Prince Naruhito, on Tuesday, ending the 30-year Heisei Era, during which he sought to bring the monarchy closer to the people.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 30, 2019
Trump offers 'heartfelt appreciation' to imperial couple ahead of Emperor Akihito's abdication
U.S. President Donald Trump offered his "heartfelt appreciation" to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Monday ahead of the emperor's abdication and the beginning of the country's new era.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 30, 2019
Intruder suspected of cutting surveillance camera wires when accessing Prince Hisahito's school
A 56-year-old man who has admitted to trespassing into a Tokyo school attended by Prince Hisahito is suspected of cutting some of the electric wiring connected to the campus surveillance camera system to avoid being recorded, investigative sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2019
In pictures: The Imperial Couple
Emperor Akihito, who will abdicate Tuesday, has reigned for three decades from 1989 through the Heisei Era as a "symbol of the state and of the unity of the people" with Empress Michiko at his side.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2019
Emperor Akihito: A unifying figure who carved out a role as Japan's 'symbol of the state'
He and Empress Michiko have spent the last three decades comforting disaster victims and mourning the war dead, Japanese and non-Japanese alike.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2019
Incoming Imperial monarchs offer Japan something new
Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife, Crown Princess Masako, represent a lot of firsts for the nation's next Imperial monarchs: university-educated, multilingual and with years of experience living overseas, during which the monarch-to-be even did his own laundry.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2019
Japan's peaceful Heisei Era leaves legacy of change, growth and tragedy
Emperor Akihito's abdication Tuesday will end the three-decade Heisei Era that began on Jan. 8, 1989, a day after he inherited the throne upon the death of his father, Emperor Showa.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 29, 2019
Reiwa Era to open in wake of decades of tumultuous economic change in Japan
The Heisei Era began three decades ago with Emperor Akihito ascending the throne near the zenith of one of the biggest stock market bubbles in history. It's been punctuated by the triple hit of an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, the fall of tech icons and the rise of automotive giants, and by creeping social change that's seeing women and foreign people playing a bigger role in economic life.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 28, 2019
The key ceremonies in Japan's Imperial succession
Emperor Akihito's abdication, one of several ceremonies marking the transition to his heir, Crown Prince Naruhito, will be a brief, relatively simple and rare event.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2019
Japanese police hunt for man after knives found near Prince Hisahito's desk at junior high school
Two knives were found near the desk of Prince Hisahito, the 12-year-old grandson of Emperor Akihito, at his junior high school, with security camera footage showing a man wanted in connection with the incident trespassing on school grounds, police said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2019
Emperor Akihito performs last official duty outside Imperial Palace ahead of abdication
Emperor Akihito took part in an award ceremony in Tokyo on Friday, in what was likely his last official duty outside the Imperial Palace ahead of his abdication next week.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2019
Sword presented after Emperor's birth to be displayed at Kyoto shrine
A short sword linked to the so-called amulet sword, a ceremonial sword that was presented to the Imperial family when Emperor Akihito was born, will be displayed at a shrine in Yawata, Kyoto Prefecture, from Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 23, 2019
Emperor visits father's tomb before April 30 abdication
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited the tomb of Emperor Showa in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Tuesday for an official ceremony to mark the Emperor's abdication on April 30.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
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