the charity concert supports patients with Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD) and their families and raises awareness, according to
Asahi. Soprano singer and NMOSD patient Mamiko Sakaida led the patient group that organized the concert.
Crown Princess Kiko met Sakaida and others at an event on rare and incurable diseases at the Osaka-Kansai Expo in May, which prompted her to attend this concert.
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On July 23rd, Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko began a 2-day visit to Hiroshima Prefecture for the 2025 Inter-High School Championships opening ceremony and local inspection.
They offered flowers and paid respects at the Cenotaph for A-bomb Victims at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and will meet high school students engaged in peace activities at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
Jiji reports the couple were scheduled to visit Funairi Mutsumi-en, a nursing home for A-bomb survivors, but several residents are infected with Covid-19 and the facility requested cancelation.
Photos:
Mainichi,
AP Images,
Asahi,
FNN
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More about Crown Princess Kiko's July 15-16 visit to Miyagi Prefecture.
- Tohoku History Museum, Taga Castle Ruins and its restored South Gate, and Tagajo Monument in Tagajō City on the 15th
- Miyagi Prefectural Red Cross Blood Center in Sendai, where she met elementary school students learning about blood donation and transfusions before the 61st National Blood Donation Promotion Conference on the 16th
Photos:
Mainichi,
TBS
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On June 26th, Crown Prince Akishino visited Hiroshima University’s Higashi-Hiroshima Campus in Hiroshima Prefecture.
- met with President Mitsuo Ochi and was briefed on history of university
- presentation from Associate Professor Junmei Nakamura of the Graduate School of Integrated Life Sciences on his research on the development of technology to preserve chickens at the cellular level and its use in preserving a rare breed of chicken unique to Japan
- visit to Semiconductor Industrial Technology Research Institute, where Director Akinobu Teramoto explained the history of the semiconductor industry, the institute’s establishment and multifaceted efforts of industry, government, and academia both in Japan and overseas, such as the Setouchi Semiconductor Consortium
- tour of the super clean room and other facilities
- Amphibian Research Center where Director Hajime Ogino introduced research on human genetic diseases and organ regeneration using amphibians as models, as well as conservation research on endangered species such as the giant salamander, and explained the National Bioresource Project
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