Emperor greets public for 1st time since succession

Poor Masako, she looks like the job has sucked the vitality out of her bones. Naruhito promised to protect her but that appears to have been a bit of a failure. Hopefully as empress she can assert her intelligence and charm again. But that might not keep the conservatives very happy. Is Naruhito up to the challenge?

Beautiful images . I am delighted the Empress was well enough to stand with the Emperor.

Naruhito, wearing a tuxedo and standing next to his wife, Empress Masako.

From the photos, I am not convinced the Emperor is wearing a tuxedo.

A lot of extremism on display there...

Poor Masako, she looks like the job has sucked the vitality out of her bones

yeah thats kind of interesting. I wonder what kind of condition, if any, that is?

I am delighted the Empress was well enough to stand with the Emperor.

Pretty low bar to set for being ‘well’.

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I guess subjects will continue appraising there Imperial Family through transparent high impact security glass.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdS7vBubTSE

140 thousands! That's a lot of people.

Why do they wear clothes that look like they are out of the 1950’s on these occasions? Is it imposed by their keepers, the royal household? Japan has some good designers recognised world wide, why don’t they showcase some of them?

The Japanese nation celebrates our new Emperor. One Emperor, One nation. 125 Million Japanese heartbeats beating as one.

May your reign

Continue for a thousand, eight thousand generations,

Until the pebbles

Grow into boulders

Lush with moss.

Tennōheika Banzai!!!!!

Whats with the total change of outfit?

Bless them .