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Imperial Family
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Biden meets Emperor at start of visit to launch regional economic plan
TOKYO (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden, in Japan to launch a regional economic plan to counter C...
May 23, 2022
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Japan’s Crown Prince, Princess attend greenery event
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko virtually attended an annual national greenery event i...
May 22, 2022
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Crown prince, princess meet with JICA volunteers
Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko met with about 70 volunteers with the Japan Internatio...
May 21, 2022
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Empress attends Japanese Red Cross Society gathering
The Empress attended the Japanese Red Cross Society’s national assembly in Tokyo on Thursday for the...
May 19, 2022
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Emperor plants rice at palace
The Emperor conducted the annual rice planting in the rice paddies at the Imperial Palace on Wednesd...
May 19, 2022
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Crown prince attends botanical garden event
Crown Prince Akishino recently attended the 57th general meeting of the Japan Association of Botanic...
May 18, 2022
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Emperor’s strong feelings toward Okinawa fostered from young age
The Emperor, ever since he was a child, has had strong feelings toward Okinawa. On the occasion of ...
May 15, 2022
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Emperor Emeritus, Empress Emerita visited Okinawa 11 times to ease residents’ emotions
The people of Okinawa were devastated by the fierce battles there between Imperial Japanese and U.S....
May 15, 2022
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Cafe planned for Imperial Palace
Plans to open a cafe on the grounds of the Imperial Palace are underway, the Imperial Household Agen...
May 14, 2022
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Princess honors Tokyo club’s 50 years of work to improve women’s lives
Princess Hisako of Takamado attended a ceremony held Thursday in Tokyo to commemorate the 50th anniv...
May 13, 2022
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Public interested in Prince Hisahito’s pedagogical environment
Prince Hisahito, 15, the son of Crown Prince Akishino, started studying at the University of Tsukuba...
May 12, 2022
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Japanese Emperor attends Grand Cordon ceremony, hands out awards
The Emperor attended the spring ceremony for conferment of Grand Cordon honors at the Imperial Palac...
May 11, 2022
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Princess Kako addresses ceremony to honor forestry contributions
Princess Kako, as part of her official duties, addressed a ceremony to award people who have contrib...
May 8, 2022
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Emperor’s 1st 3 years on throne show desire to be close to the people
Sunday marked three years since the Reiwa era began with the Emperor’s accession to the throne on Ma...
May 1, 2022
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Imperial succession committee disbands
The committee responsible for Imperial succession events and ceremonies has been disbanded, the Impe...
April 28, 2022
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