Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko Current Events Part 2: November 2006 - April 2017


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On July 19-20th, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko visited sea-related events at Toyohashi and Toyokawa, Aichi Prefecture.
  • Commemoration ceremony of "sea festa Higashi Mikawa"
  • Akatsukayama park, a freshwater fish aquarium
  • Sea Science Museum of life
  • Mikawa Port Kamino district
Prince Akishino, who studied fish taxonomy at Oxford and is known as a catfish specialist, shared his expertise with his wife and the breeding manager of the fish aquarium.

Photos and info: Tonichi, Yomiuri, Mainichi

Video of the museum visit: fnn-news
 
On July 21st, Prince Akishino attended the 50th All-Japan High School Equestrian Games' opening ceremony in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture. About 180 students from 36 schools, including four schools from earthquake-hit Kumamoto Prefecture, participated in the tournament which began at 1pm.

Source: Sankei and at-s.com
 
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On July 29th, Prince Akishino and Princess Mako visited the Peace Monument and Memorial Park in Hiroshima. They laid floral tributes and spoke with 10 survivors. It is the princess' first public engagement to the city. Father and daughter are in Hiroshima Prefecture to attend the National High School Cultural Festival "Hiroshima Sobun" on the 30th.

Photos at Asahi, Mainichi, Getty Images
 
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On July 30th, Prince Akishino and Princess Mako visited Hiroshima’s exhibition hall to view calligraphy from high school students. Afterwards, they attended the opening ceremony of the 40th National High School Cultural Festival 2016 Hiroshima Sobun at the Prefectural Gymnasium. The festival runs until August 3rd with 25 departments and 3400 schools from across Japan. Students from Hawaii, China, South Korea, and Mexico were also invited to the opening ceremony to perform traditional dance and music.

More at: Yomiuri, Asahi, Sankei
 
Prince Akishino will privately travel to Thailand from August 18-21 for an honorary doctorate ceremony at Mahasarakham University and to study Mekong giant catfish. The prince is regarded as a specialist in catfish.

Source: Asahi
 
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On August 12th, Prince Akishino and Princess Mako visited Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture to attend the opening ceremony of the 12th Japan Agunari Disabled Scout Camp tournament. Japan Agunari is held every four years and this year, there are 950 participants and will run to the 16th.

Photo at www.nishinippon.co.jp

ETA: Return to Tokyo station, I think.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAUJseDaN0k
 
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:previous: More photos at the Scout Association of Japan's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/scout.or.jp/posts/1317891481555143

Also, more photos of Prince Akishino and Princess Mako at the 40th National High School Cultural Festival in late July:
https://www.facebook.com/city.mihara/posts/582508698586960

ETA: On August 13th, Prince Akishino and Princess Mako visited the "Fisheries Research Institute Fuji Yomasu field of Fujinomiya" in the morning.

Photo at www.at-s.com

ETA2: more photos of their Shizuoka Prefecture trip from Twitter
https://twitter.com/yoko4684/status/764832758673702918
https://twitter.com/2myprincesses/status/764228426966241280
 
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Today, September 1, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko attended a memorial service in Tokyo to commemorate the victims of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. The quake devastated the capital and its surrounding areas, leaving more than 100,000 people dead or missing.


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On September 2nd, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko attended the 32nd World Medical Examination Society at Kobe Portopia Hotel, Chuo-ku, Kobe. The event runs from August 31st to September 4th with 500 participants from Japan and aboard, including 2002 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry Koichi Tanaka.

Photo: kobe-np.co.jp
 
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On 5th Septemer, HIH Prince Fumihito of Akishino attended the staff meeting of Yamashina Institute for Ornithology took place in Chiba Prefecture. HIH Prince Fumihito is the President of the Institute.

From 10th September to 11th September, HIH Prince Fumihito and HIH Princess Kiko of Akishino visited Miyagi Prefecture to attend the 7th Tohoku Children’s Community Building Summit.
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Source: https://imperialfamilyjapan.wordpress.com/2016/09/11/this-weeks-extras-46/

They also visited coastal areas recovering from the 2011 Earthquake during the Miyagi trip, including a junior high school.
Photo/info: www.kahoku.co.jp
 
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On September 15th, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko attended the 50th anniversary ceremony for establishing Senior Citizen's Day in Taka-cho, Hyogo Prefecture. "Respect for the Aged Day" originated in Taka-cho on September 15, 1947 and expanded, becoming a national holiday in 1966. Since 2003, the holiday is celebrated every 3rd Monday in September so this year's "Respect for the Aged Day" is on the 19th.

About 500 people attended and afterward, the couple visited Taka Red Cross Hospital.

Arrival photo: www.kobe-np.co.jp, Sankei

ETA: more photos www.kobe-np.co.jp 2, Mainichi

ETA2: www.kobe-np.co.jp 3 (meeting with doctors and nurses at Taka Red Cross Hospital)
 
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On September 16th, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko attended the 27th Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize ceremony. This year’s winners:
  • Grand Prize: A. R. Rahman from India for Music
  • Academic Prize: Ambeth R. Ocampo from the Philippines for History
  • Arts and Culture Prize: Yasmeen Lari from Pakistan for Architecture
Fukuoka Prize
Yomiuri
 
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Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko attended a pre-view of the Tokyo International Book Fair at Tokyo Big Sight on September 23:


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As president of Dainippon Agricultural Society, Prince Akishino visited cattle and rice farms in Kashiwazaki and Nagaoka, Niigata Prefecture on September 28th. He is interested in the correlation of shine and taste of rice and received some Shinnosuke rice.

Photos: Asahi
 
Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko visited Iwate Prefecture October 9-11. Their agenda:
  • Great East Japan Earthquake reconstuction progress in Kuji and typhoon No. 10 damage
  • Iwate Medical University disaster Regional Medical Education Center
  • Luxury watch workshop at Seiko Instruments
  • Industrial Technology Center
  • Hockey competition and the 71st National Sports Festival's closing ceremony
Photos/info: iwate-np.co.jp 1, iwate-np.co.jp 2

ETA: At Tokyo station
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tkUgMWEhYc
 
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:previous: More of the Akishino couple's Iwate visit at
https://imperialfamilyjapan.wordpress.com/2016/10/11/iwate-visit-of-akishino-couple/
On 3rd October, HIH Prince Fumihito of Akishino attended the workshop took place at The University Museum, The University of Tokyo.

On 6th October, HIH Prince Fumihito of Akishino attended the staff meeting of The Society of Biosophia Studies took place in Tokyo.

On 7th October, HIH Prince Fumihito and HIH Princess Kiko of Akishino attended the banquet of Kasumi Kaikan, the Society of Nobility took place in Tokyo.
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From: https://imperialfamilyjapan.wordpress.com/2016/10/10/this-weeks-extras-50/
 
On October 25th, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko visited Toro Museum in Shizuoka and interacted with students learning about the Toro archeological site of the Yayoi period (traditionally 300 BC to AD 300).
In the afternoon, they will visit the county museum (focused on global environment history) and Shizuoka Medical Welfare Center.

Photo: at-s.com

ETA: chunichi.co.jp photo of the Akishino couple and Shizuoka Medical Welfare Center. They received an explanation of a hyperbaric oxygen treatment room and visited the occupational therapy room where children with cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy work on rehabilitation.

Shizuokasaiseikaisogobyoin aka "Saiseikai" was founded by Emperor Meiji and Prince Akishino has served as its president since 2013.
 
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Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko visited Fukuoka Prefecture Nov 9-10th. They visited Kyushu National Museum on the 9th.
Getty Images

The couple attended the opening ceremony for the 2nd World Veterinary Medical Association - the World Medical Association "One Health" International Conference on the 10th.
Photo: Sankei
 
As President of Boshiaiikukai Kunisaki, Princess Kiko visited Musashi Health and Welfare Center in Kunisaki, Oita Prefecture on November 17th. Part of the visit was private with participants reporting Princess Kiko interacted with infants to 4-year-old children and their mothers. She brought a picture book for storytelling. Then, Princess Kiko visited Kunisaki historical experience learning museum. This is her 6th visit to the prefecture since 2008.

Photos: Asahi

ETA: On November 16th, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko attended the award ceremony "Blue Planet Prize" for people who contributed to global environmental problems.

Source: fnn-news video
http://livedoor.blogimg.jp/remmikki/imgs/3/4/3457faf7-s.jpg
 
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Princess Kiko and Prince Hisahito's car was rear-ended in Sagamihara on November 20th around 7:40am. The bumper was cracked but fortunately there were no injuries. 6 people were aboard the Imperial vehicle; the princess and her son were on a private outing with friends.
Source: Yomiuri
 
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Thanks for the info, glad noone was hurt...
 
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Princess Kiko and Prince Hisahito's car was rear-ended in Sagamihara on November 20th around 7:40am. The bumper was cracked but fortunately there were no injuries. 6 people were aboard the Imperial vehicle; the princess and her son were on a private outing with friends.
Source: Yomiuri
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Correction: the Imperial car caused the rear-end, not the other way around. It bumped into the car ahead (driven by a 50-year-old man), stopped during a traffic jam.

The Emperor, Empress, and CP family have a leading motorcycle and following security vehicle whenever they go out. Traffic signals are also changed to green to avoid being stuck in traffic. Other households, including the Akishinos, only have a following police car and no traffic signal changes.
Sources: Sankei, Asahi

ETA: Princess Kiko, Prince Hisahito uninjured in traffic accident : The Asahi Shimbun
 
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On the occasion of Prince Akishino's 51st birthday (November 30), some new family photos taken on November 12, were released today:



** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 **
 
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I find the family photos odd. The focus is on his son and not on him. Having his son in the Center and not just the camera but everyone in the photograph looking at his son, I would be confused whose birthday it was if I hadn't read the post.
 
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