
The Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita visit a tennis court where they met for the first time in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, on Saturday.
10:47 JST, August 28, 2023
KARUIZAWA, Nagano (Jiji Press) — The Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita, who are staying in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, for a summer rest, visited on Saturday the tennis court in the highland resort town where they met for the first time 66 years ago.
During the first visit to the tennis court in four years, the couple interacted with members of Karuizawa-kai, an organization doing tasks such as managing the court.
The Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita arrived at the tennis court by car around 11 a.m. and greeted each of the Karuizawa-kai members who gathered to welcome the couple.
Seated on a bench, the couple talked to each other and watched the members play tennis on the court. They spent about 30 minutes there.
“He is doing well despite being old,” the couple said of a 94-year-old male member they know, according to Seiro Moroto, 74, an official of Karuizawa-kai who attended the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita during their stay at the tennis court.
The Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita met for the first time in August 1957, when they played against each other at the court in a doubles match of a tennis event called “ABCD Tournament.” They married in 1959.
"Society" POPULAR ARTICLE
-
Tokyo Experiences Temperatures Exceeding 30 C for 1st Time This Year; Other Parts of Japan also See Soaring Temperatures
-
2025 Expo Osaka: Expo Fails to Achieve Pledge of Line-Free Event; Smartphone Data Shows Particular Crowding at East Gate
-
Japan’s Maglev Shinkansen’s Partially Completed Station Unveiled; Station Will Be Only Underground Stop Between Shinagawa, Nagoya
-
2025 Expo Osaka: Japan Pavilion Security Guard Headset Goes Viral on Social Media; Fans Delight at Similarity to Dragon Ball “Scouter”
-
2025 Expo Osaka: Yoshimura Asks Japan Expo Association to Consider Keeping Restaurants, Shops Open until Just before 10 P.M.
JN ACCESS RANKING
-
Toyoda to Become Automobile Business Association of Japan Chairman; to Help Guide U.S. Tariff-Affected Industriessns
-
Visitors to Japan Hit Single-Month Record High in April
-
Japanese Researchers Develop ‘Transparent Paper’ as Alternative to Plastics; New Material Is Biodegradable, Can Be Produced with Low Carbon Emissions
-
Japan to Introduce Car Fuel with Up to 10% Biofuels from Fiscal 2028; Limited Rollout Expected at Areas with Refineries
-
Former North Korean Agent Says Still Many Spies in South Korea Looking to Strain Relations with Japan