Talks on Imperial succession rules may be delayed until next fall or spring
Officials don’t want heated discussion on enthroning women until after elections and the transfer of the throne are over, but the public may not accept a year’s wait.
Everything you need to know about this one-of-a-kind Golden Week in Japan
Japan is poised to celebrate the Imperial succession and the start of a new era on May 1 with a festive extra-long 10-day Golden Week from April 27 through May 6. The string of consecutive holidays, at first glance, appears to be a miniature spring ...
Japan's Emperor and Empress celebrate 60 years of marriage ahead of abdication
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko marked their 60th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, with various celebratory events held during the day ahead of the Emperor's abdication at the end of the month. With their elder son Crown Prince Naruhito, 59, ascending the Chrysanthemum Throne on May ...
Prince Hisahito, the 12-year-old grandson of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, attended the entrance ceremony for a junior high school affiliated with Tokyo's Ochanomizu University on Monday. The son of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, who will be second in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne ...
From Meiji to Reiwa: Japan's centenarians offer a window to bygone eras
Few Japanese born in the Meiji Era will live long enough to see the dawn of the Reiwa Era, which will begin on May 1, but those who do can offer a glimpse at past generations while providing context for the next. Era names (gengo) ...
Reiwa was only added to list of candidates for Japan's new era at final stage
The new era name apparently emerged after Yoshihide Suga on March 14 officially asked experts to come up with more proposals, sources said.
Announcement of Japan's impending Reiwa Era sets off scramble for internet domain names
It is not only for products and companies that people have a desire to use the new Imperial era name, and its announcement has set off a scramble to acquire a domain name — the address used to access a website — featuring the ...
Japan assures world that Reiwa is all about 'beautiful harmony' and has nothing to do with 'command'
The move is intended to dispel what the ministry considers erroneous reports overseas that the new era name has connotations of “command” or “order.”
Special celebrations planned for newlyweds on auspicious first day of Japan's new Reiwa era
Local governments are planning something special for those who register their marriage on the first day of the new era, including gifts and commemorative photos, as they prepare for a spike in the number of couples tying the knot on May 1. The start of ...
Banna, Banpo, Eiko, Koshi and Kyuka: The Japan eras that could have been, beaten out by Reiwa
Five of the potential names for Japan's next era that were unsuccessful at the final stage came to light Tuesday, a day after the government selected Reiwa from the six finalists. The five other candidates were Eiko, Kyuka, Koshi, Banna and Banpo, sources with knowledge ...
Crown Prince Naruhito nodded with a gentle smile when he learned Monday that the government had picked Reiwa as the next era name, to be used during his reign from May 1, an official with the Imperial Household Agency said. "I understand," he was quoted ...
74% happy with Reiwa as name for Japan's next era, with Abe Cabinet approval rate rising to 52.8%
Nearly 85 percent, meanwhile, saw the government’s choice of a name from a Japanese classic, rather than a Chinese source, as a positive.
