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Plans underway for Imperial Family to take part in Shinzo Abe state funeral

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2nd September 2022
Members of the Japanese Imperial Family have been requested to be present for the state funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, according to local media.  A source close to the Japanese Imperial Household Agency, which manages the Imperial Family’s agenda and communications, has told the Mainichi Shimbun that, once plans for the state funeral were approved, members of the Imperial…
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Poetry and the Tsarina?

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27th February 2019
Included amongst the works read as a young woman by Princess Alix of Hesse, later Tsarina Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918), were – according to letters that she wrote to her eldest sister, Victoria, Princess Louis of Battenberg – Guizot’s Reformation de la…
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Record number of people turn out to hear Emperor of Japan’s last New Year message before abdicating

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5th January 2019
Continuing the tradition which began on 1 January 1948, Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress opened the gates of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo this week to receive New Year greetings from the people of Japan. This year’s crowd was record-breaking with 154,800 citizens turning out to see Emperor Akihito and his family for his last New Year Greeting before his abdication. 2018 previously held…
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