Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko: Current Events Part 1: May 2003 - September 2006


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The Emperor, Empress and Princess Sayako visited the JAMSTEC office at the Yokohama Institute for Earth Sciences on Sept 9, 2005.
#1: JIJI press
#2: Mainichi News
#3: ANN news
#4: Newscom- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, accompanied by their daughter Princess Sayako, look at the control panel of a deep-sea drilling vessel of the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology berthed at Daikoku Pier of Yokohama port on Sept. 9.
#5-7: Associated Press
#5:Emperor Akihito, second from right, accompanied by Empress Michiko, second from left, and Princess Sayako, listens to Kazuo Ichiyama, captain of Chikyu, the world's most advanced scientific drilling vessel, during the Japanese imperial family's inspection tour of the newly launched exploration ship anchored at a port in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005. The 57,100 ton, 210-meter (689-foot) long Chikyu, meaning the earth, operated by Japan's Center for Deep Earth Exploration (CDEX), can drill as deep as 7,000 meters below the seabed at about 2,500 meter water depth, tripling the previous record depth, to study the earth by using the Riser drilling system which has achieved success in oceanic oil drilling.
#6:Emperor Akihito, left, accompanied by Empress Michiko, second from left, and Princess Sayako, right, walks on a deck as Kazuo Ichiyama, captain of Chikyu, the world's most advanced scientific drilling vessel, waits for the Japanese imperial family's arrival during their inspection tour of the newly launched exploration ship anchored in Yokohama, west of Tokyo, Friday, Sept. 9, 2005.
 

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:) Nice picture Imperial Couple with their daughther to Yokohama,
Photo nr.2 is beautiful in the car with their daughther.You can see nice and warmly Imperial Family.;)
 
#1: In this handout photo released by the Imperial Household Agency, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (front R) receives a certificate from Emperor Akihito (L) during an attestation ceremony of his premiership at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo September 21, 2005. A special session of Japan's parliament re-elected Koizumi as Prime Minister on WednesdayPhoto from Reuters
 

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Empress Michiko (C) enjoys a concert by jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in Tokyo on Sept. 12. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) Photo from Newscom
 

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Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited a nursing home in Tokyo on Sept 22, 2005.
#1: Mainichi news
#2: (Newscom) Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a nursing home in Tokyo's Nakano Ward on Sept. 22. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
#3-4: Kunaicho website
 

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Japanese Emperor Akihito declares the opening of a parliamentary session in Tokyo September 26, 2005.
#1-2: Reuters
#3: Associated Press
#4: Kunaicho wesite
 

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Emperor Akihito uses a sickle to reap rice grown at a paddy field in the compound of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. Some of the harvest will be offered to the Ise Grand Shrine in central Japan in the annual imperial harvest ritual

From aap
 

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The Emperor and Empress at an event at the Imperial palace on Sept 30, 2005.

#1-2: Kunaicho website
 

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(Kyodo news) Events occuring between Oct 16-23
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko to make a four-day visit to Okayama Prefecture.
 
Empress Michiko accompanied by Princess Sayako smiles as she plays the piano along with Emperor Akihito's cello at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo October 7, 2005. Michiko celebrates her 71st birthday on October 20.
#2-3: Reuters
#1: In this photo released by the Imperial Household Agency, Empress Michiko, center, is accompanied by Emperor Akihito and their daughter Princess Sayako, as they stand together in the garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Friday, Sept. 30, 2005. Michiko celebrates her 71st birthday Thursday, Oct. 20.
New photos and video
#6: NNN news- http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051020-00000010-nnn-soci-movie-000&media=wm300k
#7: ANN news- http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051020-00000002-ann-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k
#8: FNN news- http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051020-00000135-fnn-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k

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Empress, turning 71, talks of Princess Nori
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20051020b5.htm

Her Majesty’s Answers to Questions by the Press on the Occasion of Her Seventy-first Birthday, 2005 (from offical site)
http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/kisyakaiken/kisyakaiken-h1701-01-1.html
 

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Emperor and Empress at the reception of the Praemium Imperiale Award in Tokyo on Oct. 19, 2005.

#1: FNN news
#2: Yomiuri news
 

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Emperor and Empress on a four day visit to Okayama Prefecture starting from Oct. 21, 2005.
#1: Toonppo web
#2: Kyodo news-Emperor and Empress attending the opening ceremony of the National Sports Festival in Okayama on Oct. 22, 2005.
#3: JIJI press (opening ceremony on Oct. 22)
#4: (Newcom) Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave at well-wishers as they leave a sanatorium for Hansen's disease patients in Okayama Prefecture on Oct. 23.
#5: Kyodo news (Oct.23)
 

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More photos of their visit to Okayama Prefecture.
#1: Sanyo Shinbum
 

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The Emperor and Empress doing their official duties in the Imperial Palace.

Photos from Kunaicho website
#1: Oct. 4
#2: Oct. 6
 

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#1: Newly-appointed Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe receives a certificate from Emperor Akihito, left, as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in the background at left, stands by during an attestation ceremony of Koizumi's third Cabinet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Monday, Oct. 31, 2005. (AP Photo/The Imperial Household Agency, HO)
#2: Newly-appointed Minister of Measures for Declining Birthrate and Gender Equality Kuniko Inoguchi receives a certificate from Japanese Emperor Akihito, left, as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in the background at left, looks on. (AP Photo/The Imperial Household Agency, HO)
 

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#1: Paraguay's President Nicanor Duarte Frutos (2nd L) talks to Japan's Emperor Akihito (L) while first lady Maria Gloria Penayo de Durate (2nd R) speaks with Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo November 2, 2005. The Paraguayan couple is on a five-day visit to Japan. REUTERS/Imperial Household Agency/Handout
 

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Conferment Ceremony for the Order of Cultural Merit
The Conferment Ceremony for the Order of Cultural Merit is held on 3 November in the Imperial Palace. The Order of Cultural Merit is conferred upon the recipient by His Majesty the Emperor and a certificate of the Order is conveyed to the recipient by the Prime Minister
#1: TBS news
#2,3: Kunaicho website

Five honored with Order of Culture
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20051104a4.htm
 

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The Empress watching Don Giovanni Opera at Bunkamura's Orchard Hall on Oct. 8, 2005.

#1: Yomiuri news
 

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Greece's Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis speaks to Emperor Akihito of Japan as their wives Natasa and Empress Michiko talk during a meeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo November 11, 2005.

#1-2: Reuters

PM urges Japanese investments in Greece, import of Greek farm products
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=3580158&maindocimg=3579844&service=6

.....Earlier, Karamanlis and his wife, Natasha, were received by Japan's Emperor Akihito, with whom he discussed the history of the two countries, their civilizations, the successful organisation of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, and environmental protection issues.....
 

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#1,4-5: Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visiting a newspaper museum in Yokohama city on Nov. 19, 2005.
#1: JIJI press
#2: The Emperor and Empress visiting a disability facility in Yokohama on the same day
#2: (ANN news video)
http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051119-00000018-ann-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k
#3: ANN news video- http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051119-00000028-ann-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k
#4: Yomiuri news
#5: (Nov. 20) Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend the Festival for the Cherished Sea in Yokohama
#6: ANN news video- http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051120-00000013-ann-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k
 

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Form getty, set 2
 

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Emperor Akihito of Japan during a meeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo November 22, 2005. Putin paid a call on the monarch as he wrapped up a three-day visit to Japan.

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#1-4: AP
#5-6: Reuters

Russia's Putin meets Japanese emperor
http://www.washingtontimes.com/upi/20051122-033152-5330r.htm

Russia's President, Japan's Emperor meet for half an hour
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2647916&PageNum=0

Putin meets Emperor, ends visit
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a call Tuesday on Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace before wrapping up his three-day visit to Japan.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20051123b4.htm
 

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The Emperor And Empress performs duties at the palace
Photos from Kunaicho website
#1: Nov. 7, 2005.
#2-3: Nov. 9, 2005.
 

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Annan to embark on trip to East Asia this weekend
.......The next stop is Tokyo where, in addition to meetings with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and the country`s foreign minister, he will meet with a parliamentary group on UN reform. He also has an audience scheduled with Emperor Akihito.......
http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=396085
 
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko presenting the International Prize for Biology on Dec. 5, 2005. The prize was instituted in 1985 to commemorate Emperor Showa's longtime devotion to biological research.

#1: TBS news video- http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051205-00000033-jnn-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k
#2-3: AP
#2: Prof. Nam-hai Chua, left, of Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology at the Rockefeller University, bows as he is awarded with the 2005 International Prize for Biology, from Saburo Nagakura, chairman of International Prize for Biology Committee, at a ceremony attended by Japanese Emperor Akihito, and Empress Michiko, shown in the background, in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 5, 2005. Chua, from Singapore, received the prize for his achievements on photomorphogenesis of plants, mechanism of chloroplast formation and rhythm of the biological clock.
#3: Prof. Nam-hai Chua, left, of Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology at the Rockefeller University, chats with Japanese Emperor Akihito as Empress Michiko talks to his wife Pearl Chua in the background after a ceremony where Chua was awarded with the 2005 International Prize for Biolog in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 5, 2005.
#4: NHK news

School essays reveal emperor as a boy

12/05/2005
By NOBUYUKI WATANABE The Asahi Shimbun

A newly discovered collection of papers gives insights into the thoughts of Emperor Akihito as a schoolboy during World War II.
While he was still in elementary school, Emperor Akihito wrote that he wanted to grow up to be a person who "bears Japan on my shoulders," a composition kept by his teacher shows. A copy of the essay was found among four cardboard boxes of material that once belonged to Koichi Suzuki (1900-1989), a Japanese history teacher at Gakushuin Primary School, where the emperor was a pupil.......
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200512050106.html

Names & faces
His Majesty the Emperor of Japan Akihito recently designated Larry Rosensweig, director of advancement at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, the recipient of the Medal of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette.......
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/living/13324934.htm
 

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Court: Spending for coronation justified

The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the roughly 50 million yen spent by the Tokyo metropolitan government on traditional ceremonies linked to Emperor Akihito's coronation in 1990 was justified.
The decision quashed an appeal by a group of Tokyo residents who sought a ruling ordering former Tokyo Governor Shunichi Suzuki and other Tokyo metropolitan government officials to reimburse city coffers. The plaintiffs had argued that spending public funds on such formalities represented a violation of the constitutional separation of the state and religion.........
http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200512090208.html
 
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