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EMPEROR

Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2022
People lay flowers at British Embassy as Japan mourns Queen Elizabeth II
“I can't talk about her too much without crying, but I live nearby and I just wanted to come here today to say goodbye,” a mourner said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 26, 2022
Emperor Emeritus Akihito recovering after heart failure diagnosis
The former emperor has been taking medication since late June and is now understood to be on the mend, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2022
Ukraine apologizes for linking Hirohito and Hitler in official tweet
An official Ukrainian government Twitter account apologized after showing a picture of Emperor Hirohito alongside Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in video about the defeat of fascism.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2022
Princess Aiko offers condolences to quake victims in first solo conference
Princess Aiko, 20, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, gave her first solo news conference on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 18, 2022
Emperor Naruhito speaks of hopes for pandemic's end in poem at annual ceremony
The imperial family's poems were recited in traditional style at the reading together with 10 works composed by members of the public, selected from 13,830 submissions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 23, 2021
Emperor Emeritus Akihito turns 88 to become Japan's longest living emperor
In good health, he has spent much of the year peacefully with his wife, Empress Emerita Michiko, at their temporary home at the Takanawa Imperial Residence.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2021
Japan's Empress Masako turns 58, expresses high hopes for daughter
Empress Masako expressed hopes that her daughter Princess Aiko, who recently came of age, would 'grow step by step' to successfully fulfill her official duties.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2021
Japan panel OKs draft proposals for maintaining imperial family line
Japan is looking to address a dwindling number of heirs to the imperial line of succession. A panel has given it two options.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 1, 2021
Princess Aiko vows to support parents in official duties as she turns 20
On Sunday, the princess will visit sanctuaries that enshrine the imperial family's ancestors and Japanese gods to offer prayers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2021
Princess Aiko's 20th birthday ceremonies to be held mainly on Dec. 5
No banquet or similar type of gathering will be held due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Imperial Household Agency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Oct 27, 2021
Princess Mako's marriage a 'warning sign' for Japan's imperial system
Princess Mako's precedent-setting marriage has highlighted the fact that other imperial family members — including male heirs to the throne — could leave the household in the future.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2021
Princess Mako meets former emperor and empress a day ahead of marriage
The princess visited the couple for the first time in 19 months to bid farewell as she is set to register her marriage to Kei Komuro and leave the imperial household.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2021
Former Empress Michiko turns 87, saying she's sad to see Princess Mako leave family
The former empress has indicated her sympathy for the people who were affected by heavy rain that lashed wide areas of Japan this summer.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Sep 22, 2021
The first chapter in a long tale of Japanese romance
From the coupling of gods to form Japan to a female samurai dying on the battlefield, stories of love have always been intertwined with history.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2021
Emperor Naruhito begins move to palace two years after ascension
Since the emperor was enthroned on May 1, 2019, renovations and other preparations have been underway to prepare for the move.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2021
Prince Hisahito, second in line to throne, turns 15
He is the only heir of his generation as the Imperial House Law states that only males with male lineal descent from emperors can ascend the throne.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 5, 2021
Japan Times 1971: Emperor, Nixon meet in Alaska
In 1921, Crown Prince Hirohito returns from Europe, making history as the first member of the ruling family to travel overseas. As Emperor, he makes history again 50 years later.
Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Aug 24, 2021
Emperor hopes for good health and peace of mind for Paralympians in Tokyo
'I would like to join you in wishing all athletes the very best,' Emperor Naruhito said in English at the Imperial Palace.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2021
Emperor to attend Tokyo Paralympic opening ceremony
Emperor Naruhito will attend next week's opening ceremony of the Tokyo Paralympics, the Imperial Household Agency said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2021
Japan marks 76th anniversary of WWII surrender amid COVID-19 pandemic
Japan on Sunday commemorated the 76th anniversary of its surrender in World War II, scaling back a memorial service to mourn the war dead for the second year in a row.
Japan says Biden's description of nation as xenophobic is 'unfortunate'
The National Diet building in Tokyo
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
The 'outsiders' creating some of Japan's greenest spaces
Rows of irises resemble a rice field at the Peter Walker-designed Toyota Municipal Museum of Art.
Japan drops to 70th in press freedom rankings
A businessman reads a newspaper outside a train station in Tokyo.
Traders spooked by intervention risk trim record yen shorts
Traders edged back from record bets on yen weakness this past week, in a period that included a likely bout of intervention by Japan to prop up the currency.
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.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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