Imperial Family of Japan: Current Events July 2005 - May 2008


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Welcome to Part 1 of the Imperial Family of Japan thread.

Please post recent news, pictures, articles and information of events and activities where several members of the Imperial Family are involved.

Remember to follow the Attachment and the Copyright Rules.

Happy posting!
 
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The Emperor, Empress and Princess Sayako returned to Tokyo in the evening of July 29 after spending 4 days at the Imperial villa in Shizuoka.

#1: Mainichi news
 

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The autumn edition of the "Our Imperial Family" magazine released on Sept 10, 2005.
 

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:) Its very nice magazine with the photo of the Imperial couple and their daughther and grand daughther. I hope we can buy this magazine next week ,because we are in Japan.

Thank you Mandyy.:)
 
Emperor thanks Aichi Expo organizers
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/051002/kyodo/d8cvoldo0.html

#1: Mainichi news
#2: NNN news
#3: Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L), talk to Toyota Motor Corp. Honorary Chairman Shoichiro Toyoda (R), who served as chairman of the Japan Association for the 2005 World Exposition, at the Imperial Palace on Oct. 2. The Imperial couple invited 38 people involved with the expo to express their appreciation for efforts made for the six-month event that closed Sept. 25. At 2nd from right is Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
#4: Kunaicho website
#5: Yomiuri news
 

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All photos from Yomiuri news
#1: Emperor, Empress and Princess Sayako visited a farmhouse on Sept 1, 2005.
#2-3: Emperor, Empress, Prince Akishino, Princess Mako, and Princess Sayako visited the reclaimed land in Nasu on Sept 2, 2005.
 

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JAPAN PRINCESS
Princess Sayako, left, is joined by Emperor Akihito, second from right, Empress Michiko, right, Crown Prince Naruhito, center, and Crown Princess Masako during a concert performed by the Imperial Palace court musicians at a music hall in the palace in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 7, 2005

From aap
 

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Princess Sayako, left, is joined by Emperor Akihito, second from right, Empress Michiko, right, Crown Prince Naruhito, center, and Crown Princess Masako during a concert performed by the Imperial Palace court musicians at a music hall in the palace in Tokyo Friday, Oct. 7, 2005. Tunes including ones favored by Sayako, 36, the youngest child and only daughter of Akihito and Michiko, were performed in celebration of the wedding of the princess and Yoshiki Kuroda, a 40-year-old Tokyo city employee, on Nov. 15.
Photos with no watermarks
#1: JIJI press
#2: Associated Press
#3: NHK news
#4: FNN news video: http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051007-00000476-fnn-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k
#5: NNN news video: http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051007-00000073-nnn-soci-movie-000&media=wm300k
#6: ANN news video: http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051007-00000035-ann-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k
#7: TBS news
#8: Yomiuri News
#9: TVBS news
Video will be gone in one to two days
 

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The Emperor, Empress and Princess Sayako visited Kannonzaki Park in Yokosuka city on Oct. 11, 2005.
#1: Kyodo news
#2: FNN news
#3: JIJI press
#4: Mainichi news
#5-7: Yomiuri news
 

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Imperial Familly calender of ( 2006 ).


From Imperial Palace.
 

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There will be a Tv show about the IF in German TV today

Eine Kaiserin für Japan
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Mittwoch
26. Oktober 2005
21.45 Uhr im Ersten
 
Polfoto 27-10-2005 Japanese imperial family members walk down the hill to greet guests at an annual autumn garden party in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005. From bottom: Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito, Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko, Princess Sayako, Prince Hitachi, Princess Hanako
 

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more from getty (it's basically the same photo):



why doesn't Masako come to this garden party? it would've been great to see her in this cheeful event again.
 
Japan's Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito, Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko and Princess Nori arrive at the autumn garden party in Tokyo October 27, 2005. About 1800 people were invited to the garden party hosted by the Emperor and Empress on Thursday.

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#1: JIJI press
#2: Mainichi news
#3-7: Reuters
#8-10: AP

#5, 8-9: Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right, speaks to Emperor Akihito during an annual autumn garden party hosted by the emperor in Tokyo Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005.
 

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Few more photos from the garden party.

#1-3: Newscom
#4-5: Kunaicho website
#6-8: Yomiuri news
 

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Prince Tomohito raises question over move to allow women on throne
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20051103p2a00m0na013000c.html

Cousin of emperor questions plan to allow female monarchs
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/051103/kyodo/d8dkur700.html

Japan female succession queried
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4403366.stm

#1: NNN news
#2: FNN news
#3: File photo shows Prince Tomohito Mikasa (L) of Japan and Turkish President Suleyman Demirel attending the opening ceremony of a cultural centre in Ankara May 3 1998. Photo by STR/REUTERS
#4-5: TBS news
 

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The Emperor, Empress and Prince Mikasa meeting Order of Cultural Merit recipients in the Imperial Palace on Nov. 4, 2005.

#1: FNN news video- http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20051104-00000965-fnn-soci-movie-001&media=wm300k
#2: JIJI press
#3: (Newscom) Former Yomiuri Giants' player Shigeru Nagashima (C, front and back to photographer), who suffered a stroke in 2004, greets Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (both in center at back) at a tea party hosted by the imperial couple Nov. 4 for this year's recipients of the Order of Culture and other decorations at the Imperial Palace. He wears sneakers with his uniform number of 3 attached. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
#4-5: Kunaicho website
 

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Is this Prince Tomohito for real? The IHA has too much power and is entrenched in far too much tradition. Japan has to move to the future. I really feel for Princess Masako. It must be he!! to live in that constrained and sterile world.
Linda 856
 
mandyy said:
The Emperor, Empress and Princess Sayako visited Kannonzaki Park in Yokosuka city on Oct. 11, 2005.
photo of the same event, the Emperor, Empress and Princess Sayako pay homage to victims of the world war II at the crew war memorial.
 

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Exhibits at the Emperor Showa's Memorial Museum
Emperor Showa Memorial Hall to open at Showa Memorial Park in Tachikawa on Nov. 27, 2005.
#1: Yomiuri news
#2: FNN news
#3: JIJI press-the museum
 

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A diamond tiara crown on loan from the Japanese Imperial Palace is displayed during an exhibition in Sofia November 22, 2005. The crown, along with other jewellery art masterpieces from the Mikimoto museum in Japan, are on display for the first time outside of Japan for the 'Days of the Japanese Culture' exhibition in the Balkan country.
#1: AFP
#2-3: Reuters
#4: (Newscom)
#5-6: Getty images


 
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