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State sticks to stance on funding Imperial ritual despite Prince Akishino's misgivings
The government said Friday its position on using state funds to hold a key Shinto ritual during next year's Imperial succession remains unchanged, despite the fact that the younger son of Emperor Akihito has raised a question about financing the religious event. "We are aware ...
Prince Akishino questions Japanese government financing of Shinto-linked rite
The prince expressed doubts about the constitutionality of the Daijosai grand thanksgiving rite, saying he believes it is a “highly religious” event.
Tabloids in Japan unafraid to question Imperial scandals
The domestic press is more deferential to Japan's Imperial family than the British press is to its royal family. To secure access, Japan's mainstream media must play by the rules of the Imperial Household Agency, which controls said access and watches the resulting coverage ...
Kei Komuro, Princess Mako's boyfriend, begins studies at New York law school
Kei Komuro, the boyfriend of Princess Mako, on Monday started a three-year study at Fordham University's law school in New York. Komuro, a paralegal at a Tokyo law firm who aims to pass New York state's bar examination, greeted journalists as he stepped onto the ...
The parents of Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, demanded her boyfriend Kei Komuro and his mother resolve their finances before the Imperial Agency in February postponed their formal engagement and marriage ceremonies, a source said Wednesday. Prince Akishino and his wife Princess ...
Princess Mako visits Brazilian zoology museum that's home to millions of specimens
Princess Mako, who began an official trip to Brazil last week, visited a zoology museum at the University of Sao Paulo on Tuesday that is home to more than 10 million specimens. The first child of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, and the eldest grandchild ...
Princess Mako reflects on hardships of Japanese diaspora at museum in Sao Paulo
Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, on Sunday visited a Sao Paulo immigration museum as part of her Brazilian tour marking the 110th anniversary of Japan's first arrivals in the Latin American country. An estimated 250,000 Japanese have emigrated to ...
Princess Mako joins ceremony in Brazil to mark 110th anniversary of Japanese emigration
About 4,000 people, including Princess Mako, attended a ceremony in Sao Paulo on Saturday to mark the 110th anniversary of the arrival of Brazil's first Japanese immigrants. In a speech, Princess Mako expressed her gratitude to the government and people of Brazil for warmly welcoming ...
Princess Mako's visit marks 110 years of Japanese migration to Brazil
When 8-year-old Eiki Shimabukuro left Japan in 1959 with his parents and five siblings for the two-month sea voyage to Brazil, passengers were given ribbons linking them to those who stayed behind. As the ship pulled away, the ribbons unraveled, stretched, and finally broke. "It was ...
Princess Mako has visited Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue to celebrate 110 years of immigration from her country to Brazil, home to the largest Japanese diaspora in the world. The princess also went to Rio's Botanical Gardens, where she planted a pau ...
Princess Mako's fiance Kei Komuro to study at New York law school from August
Princess Mako's fiance, Kei Komuro, will attend the law school of Fordham University in New York starting in August, the school announced Thursday. According to the announcement, Komuro will enter the law school's one-year program for an advanced law certification on a full scholarship and ...
Princess Mako's fiance to study law in U.S. from this summer: sources
Princess Mako's fiance, Kei Komuro, plans to study law in the United States from the summer, sources said Thursday, after the couple postponed their marriage. But the sources said the 26-year-old eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, and Komuro — a commoner of the same age ...
