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ROYALTY

Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2023
Japan's crown prince and princess to attend British king's coronation
The trip from May 4 to 7 to Britain will be the couple's first official visit to the country and first time attending a foreign royal coronation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2022
Charles charts a path as a king for all holiday seasons
Adding a Hanukkah party and Diwali treats to the traditional Christmas address, King Charles III is publicly embracing a more inclusive monarchy in his first months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 17, 2022
Prince William's godmother apologizes to woman over racism incident
Susan Hussey quit her British royal family role after Ngozi Fulani, who was born in Britain, revealed she had repeatedly asked her 'what part of Africa are you from?'
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 5, 2022
Thank you my queen: You left the world a better place
Whether or not a constitutional monarchy makes sense in theory, with the British Commonwealth, it worked in practice.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2022
Follow the queen’s example: Make sure you have a will
Dying without a will is a cruel thing to inflict on your loved ones.
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
WORLD
Sep 19, 2022
Britain mourns Queen Elizabeth II amid funeral's sombre pageantry
King Charles III and other senior British royals followed her flag-draped coffin into Westminster Abbey at the start of her state funeral, the country's first since 1965.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 19, 2022
Leaders and monarchs gather for final farewell to Queen Elizabeth
Hundreds of thousands of people lined up to file past the casket of Britain's longest-reigning monarch at London's historic Westminster Hall during her lying-in-state.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 18, 2022
Britons undeterred by daylong waits to mourn a queen they loved
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin will lie in state at the Palace of Westminster until Monday morning, when it will be carried to Westminster Abbey for the funeral service.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2022
The U.K.’s masses descend on London to say goodbye
While it fits with a national stereotype, the orderly 30-hour, 7-km queue for the lying-in-state of Queen Elizabeth II is about more than just lining up.
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
WORLD
Sep 17, 2022
Queen Elizabeth's children guard coffin in solemn vigil
King Charles III and his three siblings stood guard around the coffin of their mother in a solemn vigil honoring Britain's longest-serving monarch.
Japan Times
Cartoons / DAHL'S JAPAN
Sep 17, 2022
Roger Dahl on remembering Queen Elizabeth II
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 16, 2022
Queen Elizabeth II: The end of an era for Britain and the world
After ascending to the throne, the queen watched as her country struggled to find its place in a world that's undergoing constant change.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 16, 2022
A week as king: How has Charles III fared?
The 73-year-old new king has won almost universal praise in the media, but his first week in power has not been entirely blemish-free.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2022
Thousands pass Queen Elizabeth's coffin as she lies in state in London
Officials expect some 750,000 people to view the coffin before the lying in state ends at on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2022
Japanese government confirms emperor and empress will attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral
The relationship between Britain's royal family and the imperial family stretches back multiple decades and generations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 14, 2022
King Charles inherits untold riches and passes off his own empire
Charles, who formally acceded to the British throne Saturday, spent half a century turning his royal estate into a billion-dollar portfolio.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2022
The fate of the Commonwealth after Queen Elizabeth’s death
More than just a a relic of the old British Empire, where does the Commonwealth's future lie with its new king amid a rapidly transforming world.
'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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