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Japan's Former Emperor to be hospitalised for heart examination
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Japan's Imperial Household Agency has announced that Former Emperor Emeritus Akihito will be hospitalised in Tokyo on Tuesday for a heart examination, CNN reported, citing NHK reports.
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New Year celebrations: Japan's Reiwa era enters its second year with 2020
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Dec 31 (ANI): Japan's Reiwa era, which started in May after Emperor Akihito stepped down and his son Naruhito took over the throne, celebrated its first new year on Wednesday (local time) with fireworks at full display in central Tokyo.
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Japan's Heisei era culminates as Emperor Akihito abdicates
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Apr 30 (ANI): Fondly referred to as the "people's emperor," Japan's Emperor Akihito participated in his abdication ceremony on Tuesday, making way for his 59-year-old son, Crown Prince Naruhito, to take over the Chrysanthemum throne as Japan's 126th Emperor from Wednesday.<
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New Japanese era's name to be decided
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Jan 1 (ANI): Japan will announce the name for its new era on April 1, which will come into effect from May 1 after the Crown Prince Naruhito ascends the throne.
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Japanese Emperor delivers emotional birthday statement before abdication
Updated : 7 years, 5 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Dec 23 (ANI): As Japan's Emperor Akihito celebrated his 85th birthday on Sunday, he gave a final, yet emotional and heart-touching, statement before stepping down from the throne in April next year.
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Japan cabinet approves bill to allow Emperor Akihito abdication
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 19 (ANI): The Japanese Government cabinet on Friday approved a bill that will allow Emperor Akihito to become the country's first monarch in more than two centuries to abdicate.
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President Mukherjee greets Japan Emperor Akihito on his birthday
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 22(ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday conveyed his greetings and felicitations to Japanese Emperor Akihito on his birthday which is on December 23.
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Tokyo: PM Modi, Japanese Emperor Akihito discuss Asia's future
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], Nov. 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in Tokyo last night on a three-day visit, met Japanese Emperor Akihito today, where they discussed the common bonds between their nations and deliberated on the future of Asia.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito hints at abdication citing ill-health
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo, Aug. 8 (ANI): Japan's Emperor Akihito in a rare televised address to the nation on Monday hinted that he wants to stand down as he expressed fears for his health and his ability to carry on as emperor.
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Japanese Emperor Akihito not considering abdication
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
London, July 14 (ANI): Insisting that Japanese Emperor Akihito has no plans to step down, the imperial household has denied reports that the 82-year-old wants to abdicate, which would be an extraordinary move in 200 years.
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