Empress emerita told to take it easy after doctors diagnose heart valve abnormalities
Empress Emerita Michiko has been diagnosed with heart valve abnormalities, the Imperial Household Agency said Monday. The 84-year-old former empress, who retired from official duties when Emperor Emeritus Akihito abdicated at the end of April, will have follow-up observations, with doctors calling for the burden ...
U.K. monarch marks official birthday with pomp and ceremony at London parade
Queen Elizabeth II on Saturday marked her official birthday with the annual Trooping the Color parade, a traditional display of British pageantry. About 1,400 soldiers in ceremonial scarlet coats and bearskin hats marched past the monarch in a ceremony on Horse Guards Parade in Westminster. Royals ...
Trump, pomp and circumstance: U.K. royals fete U.S. president after tweets targeted at London mayor
Britain rolled out the royal red carpet for Donald Trump on Monday, with Queen Elizabeth leading the pomp and pageantry in honor of the U.S. president whose interventions into London's political crises threatened to overshadow the visit. From a banquet with the 93-year-old monarch, who ...
On eve of U.K. visit, Trump denies his taped remark about 'nasty' Meghan Markle
U.S. President Donald Trump denied on Sunday that he had called Meghan Markle "nasty" just days before heading to Britain to be hosted, and lavishly feted, by other members of the royal family. And yet the remark about the American-born Dutchess of Sussex is heard ...
Exiled Thais behind protest music fear for their lives in Laos after spate of disappearances
Members of a Thai folk music group now living communally in Laos fear for their lives. The musicians from the band Faiyen fled their homes in 2014, afraid of arrest after a military coup overthrew the elected government. Their music was their crime. Drawn into the polarized ...
Emperor and empress bid farewell to Trump before he departs Japan
At a Tokyo hotel Tuesday, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako bid farewell to U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, who have been visiting Japan as state guests. The Trumps have been staying at the hotel since their arrival in the nation on Saturday ...
Japan's new imperial couple wine and dine Trumps as first state guests of Reiwa Era
Emperor Naruhito greeted U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday as his first state guest since ascending the throne May 1, with the two affirming the closeness of ties between the countries that were once wartime foes. Trump and first lady Melania were received by Emperor ...
What should you do when you meet the emperor? With visiting U.S. President Donald Trump set to meet newly crowned Emperor Naruhito on Monday, it's a question that may cross the American leader's mind. Should one shake hands? Or perhaps bow? After the rites, rituals, and regalia ...
Protocol pitfalls abound as Trump heads abroad to meet royalty in Japan and Britain
U.S. President Donald Trump was walking across the sun-splashed airport tarmac in Jerusalem with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2017 when the Israeli leader playfully warned his political ally about the confusing protocol he was about to encounter on his first visit to Israel ...
Queen Elizabeth saw the ticket from her first long-haul flight after her coronation when she visited British Airways' Heathrow headquarters on Thursday to mark the airline's centenary. The ticket was for a trip to Jamaica with her husband, Philip, in November 1953. "Name of passenger: ...
Newly released photos shed light on Emperor Naruhito's life in Britain
A set of photos has been uncovered offering a fresh look into the life of Emperor Naruhito during his time studying in Britain in the 1980s. Taken in 1985, the photos show the then-prince visiting a summer festival for Japan-U.K. friendship in London and smiling ...
