Tag: Emperor

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Unprecedented 10-day holiday in hardworking Japan: May's Golden Weak and a new emperor

  

  Japan this weekend kicked off an unprecedented 10-day holiday, including celebration days for the imperial transition, as airports were packed with record travelers while people queued at teller machines in the cash-dominated nation.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Abdicating Emperor Akihito underlines his reign has seen “Japan free of war”

  

  Japan’s Emperor Akihito, marking his 85th birthday — his last before his upcoming abdication — said he feels relieved that his reign is coming to an end without having seen his country at war and that it is important to keep telling younger people about his nation’s wartime history.