Emperor and Empress to hold tea party for royals from overseas
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will invite royals from overseas who are attending the emperor's Oct. 22 enthronement proclamation ceremony to their residence for a tea party the following day, Imperial Household Agency vice head Yasuhiko Nishimura said Monday. "We planned the tea party to ...
Empress reflects upon Emperor's devotion to state responsibilities in poetry
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 ...
Emperor, Empress to visit remote isles, Kyushu disaster sites in October
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are planning to visit in late October the Kyushu region, which had recently been battered by torrential rain, to offer encouragement to residents recovering from the disaster, sources affiliated with the Imperial Household Agency said Wednesday. They are also considering ...
In Philippines visit, Emperor asks youth to keep memories of World War II alive
Emperor Akihito on Wednesday urged younger generations to "keep alive the memories of the Second World War" and the hardship that followed, as a way of avoiding conflict amid growing maritime tension in the East and South China seas. The Emperor, 82, who met Philippine ...
Japan's Imperial Couple to visit Philippines later this month
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will make a five-day trip to the Philippines from Jan. 26 on the 60th anniversary of the normalization of ties between the two nations. It will be the first official visit by a Japanese Emperor to the Southeast Asian country, ...
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko met on Wednesday with Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, who are visiting Japan as state guests. During the meeting at the Imperial Palace, the king said many Japanese companies have expanded into the Netherlands and created new jobs there, ...
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Tuesday visited the India International Centre, a cultural exchange facility in New Delhi, 53 years after taking part in a ceremony to launch its construction when they were still the Crown Prince and Princess. Among those the Empress met ...
Imperial Couple to hand over some public duties to younger generation
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will hand over public duties of visiting kindergartens and nursing homes to their children after both of them turn 80, according to the Imperial Household Agency. The couple expressed a wish to pass on the duties, the agency said Monday, ...
