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Prince Hisahito becomes the first royal male in Japan to reach adulthood in 4 decades

September 09, 2024 3:34 pm

Hisahito is the youngest of the 17-member all-adult imperial family, which currently has only four men.

Japan emperor to pay last homage at Shinto holy site before abdication

April 17, 2019 1:28 pm

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who escorted US President Barack Obama and other Group of Seven leaders to the shrine on the sidelines of the G7 summit in 2016, saw Akihito and Michiko off at a Tokyo railway station.

Abdication of Japan's emperor moves a step closer

June 02, 2017 12:38 pm

Akihito, the first Japanese emperor who was never considered divine, has worked for decades to soothe the wounds at home and abroad of World War Two, fought in his father Hirohito's name.

Inside Track

January 09, 2014 9:36 pm

The PMO has consequently initiated the process for selecting a Lokpal.

For serving his nation after tsunami,Japan emperor thanks NDRF officer

December 08, 2013 4:16 am

46-member NDRF team was on the mission from March 28 to April 6 and carried out rescue operations in a small town called Onagawa.

Japan's Akihito,the divine emperor

November 28, 2013 11:55 am

In reverence to the emperor,people don't talk to him directly or touch him.

Japan team was on recce for Emperor visit to JNU when attack happened

August 03, 2013 12:42 am

Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University attacked his classmate with an axe

Emperor speaks: together,we shall overcome

March 17, 2011 12:10 am

Japanese Emperor Akihito made an unprecedented televised address to his disaster-stricken nation.

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