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© KYODOEmperor, empress visit quake-hit area of Ishikawa Prefecture
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starpunk
Say what you will but the Royals aren't just sitting their like frogs on toadstools. Good gesture on their part.
deanzaZZR
A photo is worth one thousand words.
wanderlust
@seesaw7 - a lot of people wrote a similar statement.
Usual explanation is Jishuku - 自粛 - a period of self-restraint - avoiding ostentatious behaviour when others are suffering.
But I agree with you that his father would probably have been more pro-active.
Seesaw7
It took them 3 months? The former Emperor would have gone earlier I think,
Alan Bogglesworth
The spirits have been lifted now.
Fighto!
Good for them.
The Emperor and Empress will surely bring renewed hope to the disaster-stricken locals in the area after the tragic event in January.
Spitfire
Great that they have finally gone there, but that photo looks like something from Star Wars.