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#64
06-21-2005, 04:01 PM
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Tuesday June 21, 2:06 PM
Emperor meets survivors of Pacific islands battles before trip (Kyodo) _ Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on Tuesday met nine Japanese survivors of battles on Pacific islands during World War II, before the imperial couple visit Saipan, one of the islands, next week to pay homage to war victims of both sides. The emperor and empress talked at the Imperial Palace with the survivors, including former Japanese soldiers and civilians who moved to those islands following Japan's occupation, the Imperial Household Agency said. The emperor spoke words of appreciation, one of the nine said in a press conference after the meeting. "When I talked about my experience, the emperor expressed his sympathy for my hardship," said Choken Ginoza, 74, a civilian who lost 10 members of his family in the battle on Tinian between Japanese and U.S. forces. Former soldier Seiichi Oike, 87, said he was surprised that the emperor looked "quite like an ordinary person." The late Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa and the father of the present emperor, headed the Japanese military before and during the war. Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will make a two-day visit to Saipan in the Western Pacific starting from next Monday to express condolences for those who died on both sides in the battle on the island in 1944. On the island, they will see the Monument for the Dead in the Mid-Pacific, built by the Japanese government in 1974, and two cliffs from which hundreds of Japanese soldiers and civilians jumped to their deaths rather than surrender. They will also visit the American Memorial Park. Saipan, the capital of the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is the first foreign destination in a series of trips by the emperor and empress to commemorate victims of the war. They have previously visited Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Okinawa. Some 43,000 Japanese troops, 12,000 civilians and 900 local islanders died on Saipan during the battle that lasted from June 15 to July 9, 1944, according to data compiled by the Japanese government. About 5,000 American soldiers were killed on Saipan and Tinian. After the U.S. forces won the battle, the Allies used Saipan and Tinian as bases to launch air raids on Japan's main islands. The B-29 bombers that took off from Tinian dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the run-up to Japan's unconditional surrender on Aug. 15, 1945. |
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#65
06-23-2005, 10:37 AM
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Old pictures of imperial family
*Old pictures of imperial family*
1. Princess Teiko Fushimi (1885-1966) 2. Princess Tomoko Fushimi (1907-1947) 3. Princess Satoko Kuni (1906-1989?) 4. Princess Masako Takeda (1888-1940) 5. Princess Fusako Kitashirakawa (1890-1974) 6. Princess Hiroko Kitashirakawa (1895-??) 7. Princess Hisako Yamashina (1874-1938) Last edited by kei893265; 07-15-2005 at 12:32 PM. |
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#67
06-23-2005, 02:39 PM
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Japan's Princess Takamado, left, talks to FIFA President Joseph Blatter prior to the Confederations Cup group B soccer match between Brazil and Japan in Cologne, Germany, Wednesday, June 22, 2005.
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#68
06-23-2005, 02:40 PM
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#1:Tunisia's Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi (L) talks with Japan's Emperor Akihito (R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo June 22, 2005.
#2-3:Czech Republic Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek talks to Japanese Emperor Akihito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo June 23, 2005. |
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#69
06-23-2005, 02:41 PM
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Thursday June 23, 1:10 AM
Princess Sayako to quit work at bird laboratory (Kyodo) _ Some 50 colleagues at the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology in Chiba Prefecture held a farewell party Wednesday evening for Princess Sayako, Emperor Akihito's only daughter, who will marry in November, as she will quit her work as a part-time researcher at the laboratory, according to sources familiar with the situation. The 36-year-old princess has decided to quit because she has wrapped up her research at the facility, they said. She is scheduled to marry Tokyo metropolitan government employee Yoshiki Kuroda, 40, in a ceremony on Nov. 15. A photo album from Kyodo dedicated to Princess Sayako's engagement http://news.kyodo.co.jp/kyodonews/20...oto/index.html Last edited by mandyy; 06-23-2005 at 04:17 PM. |
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#71
06-24-2005, 10:23 AM
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Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko receive a stuffed toy elephant as they arrive at a cinema at Roppongi Hills to watch the film "Shining Boy And Little Randy" on June 24, 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. The movie was filmed largely in Thailand and will open on July 16 in Japan.
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#72
06-24-2005, 12:41 PM
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Princess Sayako prepares For married life by quitting work at bird laboratory Friday, 24 June 2005  Japan's Princess Sayako has quit her job in anticipation for married life. The 36-year-old royal, who will wed commoner Yoshiki Kuroda later this year, joined a leaving party in her honour at the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology on Wednesday (22.06.05) evening. The princess, who worked part-time at the centre, said she had decided to terminate her contract because she had completed her research before her wedding to 39-year-old Kuroda, who works in the capital's city planning department, takes place in November. The smitten couple, who have shared a two-year romance, will marry at Tokyo's Imperial Hotel on November 16th, according to the Imperial Household agency, after announcing their engagement in December. As well as resigning from working life, the princess will also relinquish her royal title after her wedding and be forced to move out of the royal palace. June 23, 2005, Female FIrst News |
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#76
06-27-2005, 02:25 AM
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Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko head for their special flight to Saipan at Tokyo's Haneda airport June 27, 2005 Akihito headed for Saipan, the site of one of World War Two's most decisive battles, on Monday to pay tribute to those who died in a conflict that still haunts Tokyo's ties with Asian neighbours, 60 years after its end.
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