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© Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Emperor greets cheering crowd at palace for new year
By Yuri Kageyama TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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NCIS Reruns
Hang in there, Your Highness! One year and four months to go!
itsonlyrocknroll
Abdication?
Why not a equitable transition?
For Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko sacrifice and commitment to duty...
A dignified withdrawal from public life.
tinawatanabe
It is widely believed to be related to her refusal to treatments which even commoners take nowaday.
joyridingonthetitanic
Happy New year to you as well your Majesty!
Angus McGillicuddy
Just because it's been 200 years since the last one doesn't make it rare. It used to be common practice.
TrevorPeace
I think it's awfully sad that Mako won't be able to stand with her family, next New Year's Day. She's still a member of the family, and they let archaic bureaucratic nonsense interfere with her and her family's lives. Compare that to the UK's royal family. Not that I'm a fan of royalty, but there's something wrong when Japan's has no control of its family matters.
tinawatanabe
Japan's royal family has the longest history in the world. Don't fix it when not broken.
Pukey2
The current emperor has always expressed affinity with Korea because of his Korean forefathers. Perhaps that gives a dateline of immigration from the Korean peninsula.
cleo
Not sure what you mean by 'a dateline of immigration'. The current Emperor acknowledged his Korean bloodline when he mentioned to reporters during a birthday press conference that 'the mother of Emperor Kammu was of the line of King Muryong of Paekche'. Emperor Kammu reigned from 781 to 806 AD, which I suppose gives a 'timeline'.... but one 10th-generation Korean consort (out of the five enjoyed by Kammu's father) hardly qualifies as a wave of immigration from the Korean peninsula.
Not to say that there never was immigration from Korea....but the marriage habits of the Imperial House are something different.