Crown Prince Fumihito, who turned 58 on Nov. 30, expressed the need to reconsider official duties in response to the dwindling number of imperial family members.
Among the nearly 80,000 spectators at the Tokyo Racecourse on a recent sunny autumn day, two familiar figures could be seen cheering from a special VIP box.
TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida renewed a peace pledge Tuesday as Japan observed the 78th anniversary of its World War II defeat but did not mention the country s wartime aggression in Asia, while three of his former and current Cabinet ministers visited a shrine seen by neighboring countries as a symbol of militarism.
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