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Wedding date official for Japan’s Princess Ayako and Kei Moriya

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21st September 2018
The wedding date official for Japan’s Princess Ayakoof Takamado and Kei Moriya, 32, is officially set after a traditional ceremony was held on Wednesday, 19 September. The wedding will take place on 29 October 2018. They are not expected to take a honeymoon. The“Kokki no Gi” rite was held in Princess Ayako’s family residence in Tokyo. The“Kokki no…
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Princess Ayako formally engaged to commoner Kei Moriya in betrothal ceremony

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13th August 2018
Princess Ayako of Takamado, the youngest daughter of Princess Hisako and Emperor Akihito’s late cousinNorihito, Prince Takamado, has become formally engaged to Kei Moriya in a traditional betrothal ceremony called Nosai no Gi. The ceremony was performed last Sunday and is the first in a series of rites leading up to the wedding on 29 October 2018. A messenger from Kei Moriya visited…
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Emperor Akihito back to work following illness

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6th July 2018
Emperor Akihito of Japan resumed his official duties on Thursday, 5th July, after three days of treatment for insufficient blood supply to the brain according to a palace spokesperson. The 84-year-old had cancelled engagements from Monday 2nd July after the palace doctor…
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Princess Ayako holds press conference with fiancé

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4th July 2018
Japan’s Princess Ayako, 27, held a press conference with her fiancé, Kei Moriya, 32, on Monday at the Imperial Household Agency just a few hours after her engagement had been formally announced by the Imperial Household Agency. In the press conference, the Princess, who is the daughter of Emperor Akihito’s late first cousin, told the media that she had met Kei last December after an…
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Sweden's King and Queen continue Japanese trip alongside Crown Prince Couple

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25th April 2018
Day three is in the books for King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden on their trip to Japan. Their Majesties led separate programmes for the morning before reuniting for events in the afternoon and evening. Yesterday morning, the King attended a business forum while Queen Silvia participated in a conference, organised by Swedish Care International, on dementia where she spoke to those…
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