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HIH the Princess Akiko of Mikasa attending 2012 JKA (Japan KeirinAssociation ) Award ceremony on February 23rd, 2012.
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TIH the Princesses Takamado Tsuguko and Noriko visiting 61st Kanto & Tokai Flower EXPO in Tokyo on February 3rd, 2012.
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...Does their sister Princess Ayako perfor official duties or is she considered too young?
Mirror NewsJapan has been rocked by a powerful earthquake just days after marking the first anniversary of the devastating tsunami which killed around 19,000 people. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the north-eastern coast of the country this morning. The strong tremors prompted the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a tsunami warning for the Pacific coast of Iwate, Aomori and Hokkaido. [...]
The quake was not felt in Tokyo, more than 450 miles (730km) away. [...]
Thousands of aftershocks have shaken the region since the catastrophic 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck on March 11, 2011. The powerful quake, the biggest to ever hit Japan, sent a devastating tsunami crashing though the east coast of the country. The destructive wave claimed the lives of around 19,000 people and obliterated everything in its path, wiping out buildings, roads and bridges.
The Japan TimesWhen the Imperial family moved to Tokyo at the beginning of the Meiji Restoration in 1868, after more than a millennium in Kyoto, many in the ancient capital were convinced the Emperor was just embarking on a long visit and would someday return. Now, more than 140 years later, Kyoto's top political and business leaders are working to have at least some members of the Imperial family take up residence here again.
The reasons have less to do with romantic dreams of the past and more to do with modern concerns ranging from safety from natural disasters to the strengthening of Kyoto's role domestically and abroad as the center of traditional Japanese culture. [...]
Last year, following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Kyoto and other Kansai government and business leaders expressed concern about what would happen to the Imperial family if a major natural disaster were to strike metropolitan Tokyo. [...]
Naoki Hino, a spokesman for the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, noted their presence would increase interest in Japanese traditional culture, and that Imperial family members in Kyoto could expand their role as traditional cultural ambassadors, which would benefit the area's tourism industry.
"Having members of the Imperial family in Kyoto would increase international interest in Kyoto as well," Hino added.
Tokyo ProgressiveThat's the headline of the latest issue of Shukan Shincho, a Japanese weekly magazine.
The imperial family has the 252-hectare Imperial Stock Farm managed by the Imperial Household Agency. It is located in Takanezawa-machi in Tochigi Prefecture, and it produces organic vegetables, eggs, meat, and milk for use in the imperial household.
Part of northan Kanto - Ibaraki, Tochigi, and Gunma - has had elevated levels of radiation since the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident last year. Vegetables, mushrooms, teas, and beef from the area have been found with levels of radioactive cesium exceeding the old provisional safety limit of 500 becquerels/kg. But the Imperial Household Agency has kept sending the produce from the Farm to the Imperial Household with young children as if nothing has happened. [...] Prince Hisahito is very fond of the milk from the Imperial Stock Farm [...]
Many on Twitter are saying "They finally talk about it, now? After more than 1 year?"
Thanks for the pictures! I love those family events; it's always nice to see extended members of the Japanese Imperial Family.The garden party season has started again!
Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito, Prince Akishino, Prince and Princess Hitachi and others greeted guests at the Akasaka Palace imperial garden in Tokyo today, April 19, 2012. ** Pic 1 ** Pic 2 ** Pic 3 ** daylife gallery **
Very disturbing news. Not just that Japanese royals were basically fed radioactive milk, but the fact that the true extent of last year's catastrophe is not publicly revealed. Last year, Japanese people proved how organised and remarkably calm they are in face of calamity; surely, the Government doesn't expect panic attacks and riots now?16 Becquerels/kg of Radioactive Cesium from Milk for Japan's Imperial Family - Tokyo Progressive
One year ago, the motive for the downplaying of the catastrophe may have been to avoid a panic. Now they are doing the same thing for a different reason. If they´d admit that the Fukushima area is still too dangerous to return to and that things are, in general, as bad as they actually are, they would have to spend a lot of money to make the temporary housing for the evacuees more comfortable or to even find a new permanent place for them to live.Very disturbing news. Not just that Japanese royals were basically fed radioactive milk, but the fact that the true extent of last year's catastrophe is not publicly revealed. Last year, Japanese people proved how organised and remarkably calm they are in face of calamity; surely, the Government doesn't panic attacks and riots now?
I haven't thought of it, but you are right; the Prince always glows when his beautiful wife is next to him....
But I have the feeling that he is quite unreasonably happy whenever his wife is at his side. Honestly, he gives me the impression of being so content as to readily smile at a fire-spitting dragon or at an evil-looking poisonous toad if they happened to come in his way...
May 21, 2012 (Mainichi Japan)The chief of the Imperial Household Agency Shingo Haketa will be replaced by Noriyuki Kazaoka, the current deputy head, on June 1 following Cabinet approval, government sources said Monday. Kazaoka, 65, will be promoted to the position of Grand Steward, responsible for the personal, ceremonial and official affairs of the emperor and his family, while Haketa, 70, will retire.
Ichiro Kanazawa, 70, medical supervisor of the Imperial Household, who led the emperor's heart bypass surgery in February, will also be replaced by Hirokazu Nagawa, 60, former vice director of the University of Tokyo Hospital.
Kazaoka has been the vice-grand steward since 2005, after serving as vice transport minister. Haketa, former vice health and welfare minister, has been the head of the agency since April 2005 after serving as the deputy head for four years. Kanazawa, former director of the University of Tokyo Hospital, assumed the current position in 2002 and presided over the emperor's surgery for prostate cancer in 2003.
May 30, 2012(Mainichi Japan)Princess Akiko, the eldest daughter of Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, left Wednesday for Germany, where she will conduct research before giving a presentation in Poland on Japanese art, the Imperial Household Agency said.
During her trip through June 8, the 30-year-old princess will conduct research at Dresden State Art Collections before attending an international symposium in Poland, where she will present research papers on the history of the British Museum's collection of Japanese antiquities.