Topic: Japan

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    This Week’s Royal Birthdays (Jan. 4-10, 2010)

    By: Maricar Macalincag | Comment | Jan 4, 8:17pm ET

    Happy happy birthday to the following royals, nobles and friends of royals!
    5 – King Juan Carlos of Spain (1938)
    5 – Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921)
    5 – Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (1946)
    6 – Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela, Tsarita Consort of Bulgaria (1935)
    via Royal Forums

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    This Week’s Royal Birthdays (December 28, 2009 – Jan. 1, 2010)

    By: Maricar Macalincag | Comment | Dec 28, 10:59pm ET

    Happy happy birthday to the following royals, nobles and friends of royals!
    December
    28 – Princess Vittoria Cristina Adelaide Chiara Maria of Savoy (2003)
    29 – Princess Kako of Japan (1994)
    30 – Paras Bir Bikram Shah Dev, Crown Prince of Nepal of Nepal (1971)
    31- Carlos Morales Quintana (1970), husband of Princess Alexia of … More

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    Japan Celebrates the Emperor's Birthday

    By: Maricar Macalincag | Comment | Dec 23, 10:41pm ET

    Japan’s Emperor Akihito celebrated his 76th birthday today!

    The Emperor’s birthday is a national holiday, which is marked by a public ceremony at the Imperial Palace. Crowds of flag-waving well-wishers gather to see the royals and greet the emperor. It’s a special day for the Japanese people. It is only one … More

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    This Week’s Royal Birthdays (December 14-20, 2009)

    By: Maricar Macalincag | Comment | Dec 14, 7:21pm ET

    Happy happy birthday to the following royals, nobles and friends of royals!
    14 – Princess Olimpia Preslavska of Bulgaria (1995)
    16 – Prince Lorenz of Belgium (1955)
    17 – James Mountbatten-Windsor, Viscount Severn (2007)
    20 – Infanta Elena of Spain, Duchess of Lugo (1963)
    20 – Princess Akiko of Mikasa (1981)
    via Royal Forums

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    This Week’s Royal Birthdays (Dec. 7-13, 2009)

    By: Maricar Macalincag | Comment | Dec 7, 7:57pm ET

    Happy happy birthday to the following royals, nobles and friends of royals!
    7 – Princess Bhajara Kittiyabha of Thailand (1978)
    7 – Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands (2003)
    9- Crown Princess Masako of Japan (1963)
    9 – Prince Joachim of Belgium (1991)
    12 – Princess Purnika of Nepal (2000)
    13 – Prince Nicolas and Prince … More

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    This Week’s Royal Birthdays (Nov. 30 – Dec. 6, 2009)

    By: Maricar Macalincag | Comment | Dec 1, 11:50pm ET

    Happy happy birthday to the following royals, nobles and friends of royals!
    November
    30 – Prince Akishino of Japan (1965)
    December
    1 – Princess Aiko of Japan (2001)
    2 – Princess Lea of Belgium (1951)
    2 – Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, Crown Prince of Bulgaria (1962)
    2 – Prince Mikasa of Japan (1915)
    3 – Prince Sverre … More

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    This Week’s Royal Birthdays (Nov. 23-29, 2009)

    By: Maricar Macalincag | Comment | Nov 23, 11:29pm ET

    Happy happy birthday to the following royals, nobles and friends of royals!
    24 – Isabelle de l’Arbre de Malander of Liechtenstein (1947), wife of Prince Philipp Erasmus of Liechtenstein
    25 – Infante Dinis, Duke of Porto (1999), second son of Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza and Isabel de Heredia
    26 – Louis Robert … More

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    This Week’s Royal Birthdays (August 31 – September 6, 2009)

    By: Maricar Macalincag | Comment | Aug 31, 11:18pm ET

    Happy happy birthday to the following royals, nobles and friends of royals!
    August 31 – Queen Rania of Jordan
    September
    3 – Prince Franz Wilhelm of Prussia
    5 – Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi
    6 – Prince Hisahito of Japan
    via Royal Forums

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    Japan’s Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko in the Netherlands

    By: Maricar Macalincag | Comment | Aug 28, 8:50am ET

    Japanese Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko visited the Netherlands for the greater part of this week. The royal couple attended a ceremony to mark the 400th anniversary of the start of trade relations between Japan and the Netherlands.
     
    The commemorative ceremony was held in The Hague. Prince Akishino and Princess … More

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    Princess Masako with Prince Naruhito in Yokohama

    By: Maricar Macalincag | 1 Comment | Apr 20, 7:26pm ET

     
    Japan’s Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako attended a tree-planting ceremony in Yokohama on Sunday, April 19, 2009. It was the first time in 15 months that the princess has been outside Tokyo for an official reason.
    The tree planting was held at the Yokohama Animal Forest Park, as part … More