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Dia 2 - Visita a la isla Yonaguni de la Prefectura de Okinawa.
Esta pareja me parece encantadora. Si bien la corte japonesa es muy estricta y tiene reglas
francamente asfixiantes, los emperadores conforman un matrimonio que representa muy
bien a sus ciudadanos. Respeto, clase y mucha amabilidad. Un place verlos.
http://www.ntv.co.jp/englishnews/society/imperial_couple_visits_japans_westernmost_island/
Hay video sobre su visita a Yonaguni Island. No se traerlo, disculpas.
Hay video sobre su visita a Yonaguni Island. No se traerlo, disculpas.
Japanese Emperor, Empress visit Okinawa to honor war dead on what may be last visit
Published March 28, 2018 6:26am
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow after laying flowers at the charnel house of those who lost their lives during World War II at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman on southernmost island of Okinawa, in this photo taken by Kyodo March 27, 2018 via REUTERS
TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife bowed their heads and offered prayers on Tuesday for victims of World War Two in Okinawa, on what could be their last visit to pay respects on an island where 30 percent of the population died in the war.
The emperor, who has spent much of his nearly three decades on the throne seeking to soothe the wounds of war, will step down on April 30 next year in the first abdication by a Japanese emperor in nearly two centuries.
The three-day visit to the southwestern chain of islands is the 11th by the imperial couple and their first since 2014, when they came ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa.
More than two months of fighting between U.S. and Japanese troops in 1945 killed about a third of the island's people.
"He really thinks deeply about Okinawa, that's why he can come so often," Naeko Teruya, 84, a survivor of the battle, told NHK public television. Five members of Teruya's family were killed in the fighting, including her father.
Akihito and Empress Michiko laid flowers at a memorial in Itoman city, where one of the fiercest final battles took place, bowing deeply. On Wednesday, they will visit the island of Yonaguni, the westernmost point of Japan.
Okinawa residents lived under U.S. rule for 27 years after the war. Today, it hosts nearly 75 percent of the U.S. military presence in Japan, a devil's bargain that has brought jobs but has also worry about crime and military accidents.
The imperial couple first visited Okinawa in 1975, when painful memories of the war - fought in the name of Akihito's father - were sharper and attitudes towards the imperial family complicated. He became the first Japanese monarch to visit in 1993 after assuming the throne in 1989.
Akihito, 84, said in 2016 he feared age might make it hard for him to fulfill his duties. He will be succeeded by his heir, 58-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito. — Reuters
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news...nor-war-dead-on-what-may-be-last-visit/story/
Published March 28, 2018 6:26am
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow after laying flowers at the charnel house of those who lost their lives during World War II at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman on southernmost island of Okinawa, in this photo taken by Kyodo March 27, 2018 via REUTERS
TOKYO - Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife bowed their heads and offered prayers on Tuesday for victims of World War Two in Okinawa, on what could be their last visit to pay respects on an island where 30 percent of the population died in the war.
The emperor, who has spent much of his nearly three decades on the throne seeking to soothe the wounds of war, will step down on April 30 next year in the first abdication by a Japanese emperor in nearly two centuries.
The three-day visit to the southwestern chain of islands is the 11th by the imperial couple and their first since 2014, when they came ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa.
More than two months of fighting between U.S. and Japanese troops in 1945 killed about a third of the island's people.
"He really thinks deeply about Okinawa, that's why he can come so often," Naeko Teruya, 84, a survivor of the battle, told NHK public television. Five members of Teruya's family were killed in the fighting, including her father.
Akihito and Empress Michiko laid flowers at a memorial in Itoman city, where one of the fiercest final battles took place, bowing deeply. On Wednesday, they will visit the island of Yonaguni, the westernmost point of Japan.
Okinawa residents lived under U.S. rule for 27 years after the war. Today, it hosts nearly 75 percent of the U.S. military presence in Japan, a devil's bargain that has brought jobs but has also worry about crime and military accidents.
The imperial couple first visited Okinawa in 1975, when painful memories of the war - fought in the name of Akihito's father - were sharper and attitudes towards the imperial family complicated. He became the first Japanese monarch to visit in 1993 after assuming the throne in 1989.
Akihito, 84, said in 2016 he feared age might make it hard for him to fulfill his duties. He will be succeeded by his heir, 58-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito. — Reuters
http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news...nor-war-dead-on-what-may-be-last-visit/story/
Japanese Emperor, Empress visit Okinawa to honour war dead on what may be last visit
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the National War Dead Peace Mausoleum in Itoman, Okinawa prefecture, on March 27, 2018.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Published
Mar 27, 2018, 7:54 pm SGT
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TOKYO (REUTERS) - Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife bowed their heads and offered prayers on Tuesday (March 27) for victims of World War Two in Okinawa, on what could be their last visit to pay respects on an island where 30 per cent of the population died in the war.
The emperor, who has spent much of his nearly three decades on the throne seeking to soothe the wounds of war, will step down on April 30 next year in the first abdication by a Japanese emperor in nearly two centuries.
The three-day visit to the southwestern chain of islands is the 11th by the imperial couple and their first since 2014, when they came ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa.
More than two months of fighting between US and Japanese troops in 1945 killed about a third of the island's people.
"He really thinks deeply about Okinawa, that's why he can come so often," Naeko Teruya, 84, a survivor of the battle, told NHK public television.
Five members of Teruya's family were killed in the fighting, including her father.
Akihito and Empress Michiko laid flowers at a memorial in Itoman city, where one of the fiercest final battles took place, bowing deeply.
On Wednesday, they will visit the island of Yonaguni, the westernmost point of Japan.
Okinawa residents lived under US rule for 27 years after the war. Today, it hosts nearly 75 per cent of the US military presence in Japan, a devil's bargain that has brought jobs but has also worry about crime and military accidents.
The imperial couple first visited Okinawa in 1975, when painful memories of the war - fought in the name of Akihito's father - were sharper and attitudes towards the imperial family complicated.
He became the first Japanese monarch to visit in 1993 after assuming the throne in 1989.
Akihito, 84, said in 2016 he feared age might make it hard for him to fulfil his duties. He will be succeeded by his heir, 58-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito.
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/ea...-to-honour-war-dead-on-what-may-be-last-visit
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the National War Dead Peace Mausoleum in Itoman, Okinawa prefecture, on March 27, 2018.PHOTO: EPA-EFE
Published
Mar 27, 2018, 7:54 pm SGT
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TOKYO (REUTERS) - Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife bowed their heads and offered prayers on Tuesday (March 27) for victims of World War Two in Okinawa, on what could be their last visit to pay respects on an island where 30 per cent of the population died in the war.
The emperor, who has spent much of his nearly three decades on the throne seeking to soothe the wounds of war, will step down on April 30 next year in the first abdication by a Japanese emperor in nearly two centuries.
The three-day visit to the southwestern chain of islands is the 11th by the imperial couple and their first since 2014, when they came ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa.
More than two months of fighting between US and Japanese troops in 1945 killed about a third of the island's people.
"He really thinks deeply about Okinawa, that's why he can come so often," Naeko Teruya, 84, a survivor of the battle, told NHK public television.
Five members of Teruya's family were killed in the fighting, including her father.
Akihito and Empress Michiko laid flowers at a memorial in Itoman city, where one of the fiercest final battles took place, bowing deeply.
On Wednesday, they will visit the island of Yonaguni, the westernmost point of Japan.
Okinawa residents lived under US rule for 27 years after the war. Today, it hosts nearly 75 per cent of the US military presence in Japan, a devil's bargain that has brought jobs but has also worry about crime and military accidents.
The imperial couple first visited Okinawa in 1975, when painful memories of the war - fought in the name of Akihito's father - were sharper and attitudes towards the imperial family complicated.
He became the first Japanese monarch to visit in 1993 after assuming the throne in 1989.
Akihito, 84, said in 2016 he feared age might make it hard for him to fulfil his duties. He will be succeeded by his heir, 58-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito.
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/ea...-to-honour-war-dead-on-what-may-be-last-visit
EDITORIAL: Imperial couple have long cast a sympathetic eye toward Okinawa
March 30, 2018 at 13:40 JST
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to the crowd at Naha Airport in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, on March 29 as the couple wrap up their visit to the prefecture. (The Asahi Shimbun)
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have returned from their 11th trip to Okinawa Prefecture. With Akihito scheduled to abdicate the throne next spring, it is said that their March 2729 visit to the southernmost prefecture may be their last.
The imperial couple have long harbored deep, sympathetic feelings toward Okinawa.
It is widely known that they see June 23, which is generally marked as the day when organized fighting ended in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, as a special date along with Aug. 6 and 9, the days of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Aug. 15, when World War II effectively ended with Japan’s surrender.
Around this time of the year 73 years ago, the sea along the west coast of the main Okinawa island was filled with U.S. warships. During the three months of fierce ground warfare in the island, some 200,000 people died, with more than half being civilian casualties.
The emperor and the empress have traveled to many former battlefields in other countries as well as in Japan, including Saipan and Palau. During their latest pilgrimage to Okinawa, the couple, as expected, first visited the Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itoman.
The imperial couple have always had a firm determination not to forget about the lives lost during the war and a strong wish that such a terrible disaster should never occur in this country again. Their words and actions that reflect their thoughts about the war have struck a responsive chord in many Japanese.
Needless to say, sufficient attention should be paid to ensure that the scope of the emperor’s activities will not be expanded far beyond the boundary of what the Constitution defines as the acts the emperor shall perform “in matters of state.”
But Akihito’s journeys to console the souls of the war victims echo the pacifist principles of the Constitution.
The imperial couple’s trip to Okinawa should make us reflect anew on the vow not to fight a war again that Japan has taken repeatedly since the end of World War II.
This time, the couple also set foot on Yonagunijima island, the westernmost land of Japan, for the first time.
The imperial itinerary reminds us of the message the emperor delivered to the nation in the summer of 2016.
In the message, Akihito said since his accession to the throne, he had been “searching for and contemplating on what is the desirable role of the emperor,” who is defined by the Constitution as “the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people.”
He also said to carry out the duties of the emperor he had placed special importance on his “travels to various places throughout Japan, in particular, to remote places and islands.”
The remarks indicated that the war is not the only factor behind his feelings toward Okinawa.
In recent years, however, Okinawa has become a target of slanderous and prejudiced attacks, which, instead of promoting unity among the people, deepens the division between the prefecture and the rest of the nation.
Such verbal abuse against Okinawa is not just rampant in cyberspace but also comes from TV commentators and even politicians, who are representatives of the people. This is something that should be deplored.
Okinawa was once an independent Ryukyu Kingdom ruled by its own king. In the late 19th century, Okinawa, then the Japanese tributary kingdom, was reconfigured as the Ryukyu Domain under the direct control of Japan’s Meiji government and then turned into Okinawa Prefecture. After years of the U.S. military rule following the war, Okinawa was returned to Japan in 1972, but the prefecture is still home to many U.S. military bases.
During a news conference in 2003, Akihito said, “my heart was pained as I came to understand the history of Okinawa.” And, he added, “However, that is precisely why I have striven to deepen my knowledge of Okinawa so that I can understand the feelings of its people.”
Time and again, people in Okinawa have asked the mainland what they mean to Japan.
The emperor’s remarks about Okinawa and repeated visits to the prefecture have been his own answer to the question.
People in Okinawa once displayed antagonistic feelings toward the “emperor.” But they have come to accept and welcome the national symbol with a natural attitude.
Their changed attitude toward the emperor offers an intriguing insight into the poverty of politics, which should have confronted the question, and social ills behind verbal attacks against Okinawa.
--The Asahi Shimbun, March 30
http://pknewspapers.com/japan/english/asahi-shimbun.html
March 30, 2018 at 13:40 JST
Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have returned from their 11th trip to Okinawa Prefecture. With Akihito scheduled to abdicate the throne next spring, it is said that their March 2729 visit to the southernmost prefecture may be their last.
The imperial couple have long harbored deep, sympathetic feelings toward Okinawa.
It is widely known that they see June 23, which is generally marked as the day when organized fighting ended in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa, as a special date along with Aug. 6 and 9, the days of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Aug. 15, when World War II effectively ended with Japan’s surrender.
Around this time of the year 73 years ago, the sea along the west coast of the main Okinawa island was filled with U.S. warships. During the three months of fierce ground warfare in the island, some 200,000 people died, with more than half being civilian casualties.
The emperor and the empress have traveled to many former battlefields in other countries as well as in Japan, including Saipan and Palau. During their latest pilgrimage to Okinawa, the couple, as expected, first visited the Peace Memorial Park in the city of Itoman.
The imperial couple have always had a firm determination not to forget about the lives lost during the war and a strong wish that such a terrible disaster should never occur in this country again. Their words and actions that reflect their thoughts about the war have struck a responsive chord in many Japanese.
Needless to say, sufficient attention should be paid to ensure that the scope of the emperor’s activities will not be expanded far beyond the boundary of what the Constitution defines as the acts the emperor shall perform “in matters of state.”
But Akihito’s journeys to console the souls of the war victims echo the pacifist principles of the Constitution.
The imperial couple’s trip to Okinawa should make us reflect anew on the vow not to fight a war again that Japan has taken repeatedly since the end of World War II.
This time, the couple also set foot on Yonagunijima island, the westernmost land of Japan, for the first time.
The imperial itinerary reminds us of the message the emperor delivered to the nation in the summer of 2016.
In the message, Akihito said since his accession to the throne, he had been “searching for and contemplating on what is the desirable role of the emperor,” who is defined by the Constitution as “the symbol of the state and of the unity of the people.”
He also said to carry out the duties of the emperor he had placed special importance on his “travels to various places throughout Japan, in particular, to remote places and islands.”
The remarks indicated that the war is not the only factor behind his feelings toward Okinawa.
In recent years, however, Okinawa has become a target of slanderous and prejudiced attacks, which, instead of promoting unity among the people, deepens the division between the prefecture and the rest of the nation.
Such verbal abuse against Okinawa is not just rampant in cyberspace but also comes from TV commentators and even politicians, who are representatives of the people. This is something that should be deplored.
Okinawa was once an independent Ryukyu Kingdom ruled by its own king. In the late 19th century, Okinawa, then the Japanese tributary kingdom, was reconfigured as the Ryukyu Domain under the direct control of Japan’s Meiji government and then turned into Okinawa Prefecture. After years of the U.S. military rule following the war, Okinawa was returned to Japan in 1972, but the prefecture is still home to many U.S. military bases.
During a news conference in 2003, Akihito said, “my heart was pained as I came to understand the history of Okinawa.” And, he added, “However, that is precisely why I have striven to deepen my knowledge of Okinawa so that I can understand the feelings of its people.”
Time and again, people in Okinawa have asked the mainland what they mean to Japan.
The emperor’s remarks about Okinawa and repeated visits to the prefecture have been his own answer to the question.
People in Okinawa once displayed antagonistic feelings toward the “emperor.” But they have come to accept and welcome the national symbol with a natural attitude.
Their changed attitude toward the emperor offers an intriguing insight into the poverty of politics, which should have confronted the question, and social ills behind verbal attacks against Okinawa.
--The Asahi Shimbun, March 30
http://pknewspapers.com/japan/english/asahi-shimbun.html
