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FAMILY 3

Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 20, 2022
Britain and the world bid farewell to Queen Elizabeth II
A historic state funeral attended by world leaders concluded with a ceremonial journey past hundreds of thousands of mourners to her final place of rest.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Sep 19, 2022
Emperor and Queen Elizabeth had close ties for nearly 50 years
'Of course, I felt rather nervous, but the conversation was very informal and enjoyable,' Emperor Naruhito wrote of his first meeting with the queen, in 1983.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2022
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive in Britain for queen's funeral
The imperial couple is making their first trip abroad since the emperor's accession to the throne in 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2022
Emperor and empress leave for Queen Elizabeth's state funeral
The trip abroad is Emperor Naruhito's first since he ascended the throne in 2019.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2022
Emperor to visit Tochigi for National Sports Festival ceremony
It is the first trip to outside of Tokyo by the Imperial couple since the outbreak of COVID-19, having last gone on such a trip two years and eight months ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2022
Crown Princess Kiko turns 56, wishes for married daughter's happiness
Crown Princess Kiko turned 56 on Sunday as she wished for the happiness of her eldest daughter, former Princess Mako, who married commoner Kei Komuro in October last year and now lives in New York.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II and her friendly ties with three emperors
Over the course of her 70 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth II established close ties with the imperial family, spanning all or part of the reigns of three emperors.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2022
Prince Hisahito, second in line to Japanese throne, turns 16
The son of Crown Prince Akishino graduated from Ochanomizu University Junior High School in March and entered a high school attached to the University of Tsukuba, also in Tokyo, the following month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2022
Experts differ over social media use by Japan's imperial family
Some believe social media could help better distribute royals-related information, while others worry the family could come under fire.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 1, 2022
Japan Times 1997: Japan shocked by news of Princess Diana's death
Twenty-five years ago, news of Princess Diana's death spread to Japan. Comparisons are drawn to media coverage of the Japanese royal family, and editors explain what made her popular here.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2022
Japanese princess eager to engage with public by passing on culture
The eldest daughter of the late Prince Tomohito of Mikasa has credited her experience studying abroad in Britain for a year at the age of 19 as the inspiration for her life work.
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
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2022
Why is the Uyghur population shrinking?
Are Xinjiang's declining birthrates the result of forced abortions by the Chinese government? Or is the reason more complicated?
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 17, 2022
Campaigners say U.K. 'forced adoption' scandal far from over
A parliamentary committee has said some 185,000 children were taken away for adoption between 1949 and 1976 in England and Wales, and urged an official apology.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2022
Japan's Princess Yuriko, 99, infected with coronavirus
The widow of the late Prince Mikasa and aunt of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, the father of Emperor Naruhito, does not have serious symptoms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2022
Japan honors Shinzo Abe with highest decoration as wake held in Tokyo
Abe is the fourth former prime minister to receive the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, which is made from pure gold and is worn by the emperor.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 30, 2022
Japan's perilously low birthrate a forgotten election issue
Experts on social and family issues stress the urgent need to create an environment that encourages people to have more children and prevent a future crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 13, 2022
Tokyo ward office rejects couple's marriage registry under separate surnames
With the ward's refusal to accept their marriage registration, Kiyoko Kashiwagi and Kazuhiro Soda will now file their complaint with the Tokyo Family Court.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 19, 2022
Baby Pikachu? Japan panel weighs accepting unconventional readings of kanji for names
The proposal is part of the Justice Ministry's push to digitize the family register by adding phonetic readings to kanji names.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 4, 2022
Don’t jump to conclusions on politics of ending Roe v. Wade
Americans favor abortion rights, but most aren't intense pro-life or pro-choice partisans. A definitive Supreme Court ruling might alter the current landscape.
'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.
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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