updated Sat. September 30, 2023
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The Straits Times
March 8, 2018
SINGAPORE - In 2009, then-President S R Nathan became Singapore's first head of state to visit Japan, three years after Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited Singapore for the first time. The historic exchange of visits was made possible through the tireless efforts of Mr Tan Chin Tiong,Ãâà...
Kyodo News Plus
March 7, 2018
In an unlikely turn for the new venture, one of the company's bags found its way into the possession of Japan's Empress Michiko. The 83-year-old royal used it while traveling with Emperor Akihito to disaster-hit sites, including Minamisanriku in July 2014. "I was speechless," said Sato, who cried when heÃâà...
Xinhua
March 6, 2018
The ordinance also specified that the emperor and Empress Michiko will be treated in the same way as the new emperor and his family members in terms of living costs and security guards after abdication. Japanese Emperor Akihito indicated his wish to relinquish and hand over the throne to the crownÃâà...
The Mainichi
March 6, 2018
This photo shows Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in the gardens of the Imperial Palace. (Photo courtesy of the Imperial Household Agency). TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government on Tuesday gave a green light to the plan to hold Emperor Akihito's abdication ceremony on April 30, 2019,Ãâà...
Northwest Asian Weekly
March 5, 2018
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's imperial palace announced on Feb. 6 that Princess Mako's wedding will be postponed because of insufficient preparations, Japanese media reported, triggering speculation that the decision was related to criticism in tabloids of her fiance's family background. Mako and her collegeÃâà...
The Mainichi
March 5, 2018
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will make a three-day visit to Okinawa from March 27 to commemorate victims of World War II, ... The 84-year-old emperor, who will step down in April next year, and empress, 83, have long felt sympathy for Okinawa, around a quarter of whoseÃâà...
The Japan Times
February 22, 2018
The Emperor, who has had heart surgery and underwent treatment for prostate cancer, will be 85 when he abdicates, while Empress Michiko will be 84. Special legislation had to be worked out by the Diet for him to relinquish the throne, as the Imperial House Law lacks a provision on abdication. SpeakingÃâà...
Asahi Shimbun
February 19, 2018
Michiko looked affectionately at the picture of the student giving the emperor a bunch of flowers at the same place 17 years ago, saying, “You've really grown up.” When the student told the empress that she has now come of age having turned 20, the empress said, “Congratulations, I wish you everyÃâà...
Royal Central
February 16, 2018
Empress Michiko of Japan has written 50 waka poems for a book of her own poetry that was recently published in Germany. The Empress wrote poetry following the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, and when the German publishing house Herder learned of their existence, he approachedÃâà...
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