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Gepost 17 november 2005 - 23:18
Dit koningshuis vind ik byzonder, maar ik let eigenlijks nooit op ze ofzo.. ik hoop dat ze nog een jongetje krijgt, ik vind het zo zielig voor haar.. izz zij nog overspannen ofzoow..? :huh:
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Gepost 17 november 2005 - 23:41
Rianne, op Nov 17 2005, 09:18 PM, zei:
Dit koningshuis vind ik byzonder, maar ik let eigenlijks nooit op ze ofzo.. ik hoop dat ze nog een jongetje krijgt, ik vind het zo zielig voor haar.. izz zij nog overspannen ofzoow..? :huh:
't Is een keizerhuis...
D'r wordt nu ook gespeculeerd hoe de situatie zal komen te liggen wanneer Sayako wel een zoontje krijgt (maar ze is al wel oud, dus moet wel opschieten...), lastig allemaal.
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Gepost 23 november 2005 - 17:00
Twee berichten over de mogelijke wetswijziging tbv vrouwen op de Japanse troon:
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Panel backs allowing women to ascend Imperial throne
The Associated Press
A government panel discussing the Imperial succession decided Monday to propose allowing females and their descendants to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Panelists agreed that the succession law should be changed to give the first-born child the right to ascend regardless of gender, said committee Chairman Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, a former University of Tokyo president.
The advisory panel has been meeting since January to study the succession issue and make recommendations as a shortage of male heirs threatens to trigger a crisis unless the Imperial House Law is changed. Under the 1947 law, only males who have emperors on their father's side can become emperor.
In Monday's meeting, the panel also agreed to propose that sisters, daughters and granddaughters of an emperor be allowed to maintain their royal status when they marry commoners, Yoshikawa said. The decision to relinquish a title would be voluntary. That recommendation comes less than a week after Princess Nori gave up her status to wed Tokyo bureaucrat Yoshiki Kuroda, making her the first daughter of an emperor to marry outside an established set of former aristocratic families. Currently, a princess who weds a commoner must become a commoner.
The panel made a preliminary report in July recommending that women be allowed to ascend the throne. In early October, it agreed that if a woman were allowed to become a ruling empress, she should also be able to marry without relinquishing her official title.
Final recommendations are expected to be forwarded to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi later this week. Although opinion polls indicate support for a ruling empress, some conservative academics and lawmakers are opposed.
Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, created a stir in September with an essay that argued the country should exhaust all other options before allowing a woman to ascend the throne, including adopting sons from among male former aristocrats and bringing back concubines.
The Imperial family is prohibited from interfering in politics under the Constitution and it has no say in the panel's discussions.
The Japan Times: Nov. 22, 2005
The Associated Press
A government panel discussing the Imperial succession decided Monday to propose allowing females and their descendants to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Panelists agreed that the succession law should be changed to give the first-born child the right to ascend regardless of gender, said committee Chairman Hiroyuki Yoshikawa, a former University of Tokyo president.
The advisory panel has been meeting since January to study the succession issue and make recommendations as a shortage of male heirs threatens to trigger a crisis unless the Imperial House Law is changed. Under the 1947 law, only males who have emperors on their father's side can become emperor.
In Monday's meeting, the panel also agreed to propose that sisters, daughters and granddaughters of an emperor be allowed to maintain their royal status when they marry commoners, Yoshikawa said. The decision to relinquish a title would be voluntary. That recommendation comes less than a week after Princess Nori gave up her status to wed Tokyo bureaucrat Yoshiki Kuroda, making her the first daughter of an emperor to marry outside an established set of former aristocratic families. Currently, a princess who weds a commoner must become a commoner.
The panel made a preliminary report in July recommending that women be allowed to ascend the throne. In early October, it agreed that if a woman were allowed to become a ruling empress, she should also be able to marry without relinquishing her official title.
Final recommendations are expected to be forwarded to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi later this week. Although opinion polls indicate support for a ruling empress, some conservative academics and lawmakers are opposed.
Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, created a stir in September with an essay that argued the country should exhaust all other options before allowing a woman to ascend the throne, including adopting sons from among male former aristocrats and bringing back concubines.
The Imperial family is prohibited from interfering in politics under the Constitution and it has no say in the panel's discussions.
The Japan Times: Nov. 22, 2005
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Panel puts off timetable for female-emperor system
11/22/2005
The Asahi Shimbun
A panel on imperial succession will not specify when to start its proposed system of allowing female emperors because Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako might still have a baby boy, sources said Tuesday.
But the panel members have not discussed how long to wait to see if a boy will be born into the family, meaning that changing the imperial succession system will likely be a very difficult process. In fact, the panel indicated that the new succession system should start from the generation after Princess Aiko, 3, the only child of Naruhito and Masako.
The 10-member panel, which has come under fire from traditionalist scholars and others, said Monday it has reached a consensus to allow an emperor's firstborn child, regardless of sex, to ascend the Chrysanthemum throne. The proposal will be included in the panel's final report submitted to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday. The government plans to use the report to compile a bill to revise the Imperial House Law. The bill could be submitted to the regular Diet session next year.
If the law is amended along the proposed lines, Aiko would become emperor. But the panel decided not to specify the order of succession in its report. The panel's final report is to say that the Imperial House Law should be revised from a mid- to long-term perspective, the sources said.
"In case the crown prince and princess have a boy, the order of the imperial succession should be debated, taking into consideration public opinion on the matter," the report will say, according to the sources. However, it remains to be seen how this situation will be addressed in the process of preparing the bill.
But if the couple does not have a boy, the proposed change in the order of succession should be applied to allow Aiko to take the throne, according to the panel's proposal.
Currently, the Imperial House Law allows imperial succession by men and only through the male lineage. There have been eight female emperors in Japan's history, but they were either single or widowed and held the throne only temporarily. The male lineage was never interrupted because their fathers' all had imperial blood.
The panel apparently decided that many among the public do not want to see changes in the imperial succession system, the sources said. Opponents of the proposed changes have criticized the panel's suggestions, saying that the crown prince, 45, and princess, 41, could still have a baby boy. The panel was set up amid growing concerns that the imperial line, said to be intact for more than 2,000 years, could be broken. A boy has not been born into the imperial family in 40 years.
(IHT/Asahi: November 22,2005)
11/22/2005
The Asahi Shimbun
A panel on imperial succession will not specify when to start its proposed system of allowing female emperors because Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako might still have a baby boy, sources said Tuesday.
But the panel members have not discussed how long to wait to see if a boy will be born into the family, meaning that changing the imperial succession system will likely be a very difficult process. In fact, the panel indicated that the new succession system should start from the generation after Princess Aiko, 3, the only child of Naruhito and Masako.
The 10-member panel, which has come under fire from traditionalist scholars and others, said Monday it has reached a consensus to allow an emperor's firstborn child, regardless of sex, to ascend the Chrysanthemum throne. The proposal will be included in the panel's final report submitted to Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Thursday. The government plans to use the report to compile a bill to revise the Imperial House Law. The bill could be submitted to the regular Diet session next year.
If the law is amended along the proposed lines, Aiko would become emperor. But the panel decided not to specify the order of succession in its report. The panel's final report is to say that the Imperial House Law should be revised from a mid- to long-term perspective, the sources said.
"In case the crown prince and princess have a boy, the order of the imperial succession should be debated, taking into consideration public opinion on the matter," the report will say, according to the sources. However, it remains to be seen how this situation will be addressed in the process of preparing the bill.
But if the couple does not have a boy, the proposed change in the order of succession should be applied to allow Aiko to take the throne, according to the panel's proposal.
Currently, the Imperial House Law allows imperial succession by men and only through the male lineage. There have been eight female emperors in Japan's history, but they were either single or widowed and held the throne only temporarily. The male lineage was never interrupted because their fathers' all had imperial blood.
The panel apparently decided that many among the public do not want to see changes in the imperial succession system, the sources said. Opponents of the proposed changes have criticized the panel's suggestions, saying that the crown prince, 45, and princess, 41, could still have a baby boy. The panel was set up amid growing concerns that the imperial line, said to be intact for more than 2,000 years, could be broken. A boy has not been born into the imperial family in 40 years.
(IHT/Asahi: November 22,2005)
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Gepost 28 november 2005 - 11:25
Mooi overzichtje van de troonsopvolging onder huidige wetgeving en onder eventuele 'nieuwe' wetgeving.
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The following are key facts concerning the issue of Imperial succession:
* The postwar version of the Imperial Household Law, enacted in 1947, stipulates that only male heirs who have emperors on their father's side can ascend to the Imperial throne.
* Crown Prince Naruhito, 45, is first in line to the throne. His 39-year-old brother, Prince Akishino, is second; Prince Hitachi, 69, brother of Emperor Akihito, is third; Prince Mikasa, 89, an uncle of the Emperor, is fourth; Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, 59, a cousin of the Emperor, is fifth; and Prince Katsura, 57, another cousin of the Emperor, is sixth.
* If the law is revised on the basis of the final report by a government panel, the succession order would be as follows: Crown Prince Naruhito; his 3-year-old daughter, Princess Aiko; Prince Akishino; Prince Akishino's elder daughter, Princess Mako, 14; his younger daughter, Princess Kako, 10; Prince Hitachi; Prince Mikasa; Prince Tomohito of Mikasa; Prince Tomohito of Mikasa's elder daughter, Princess Akiko, 23; his younger daughter, Princess Yoko, 22; Prince Katsura; Princess Tsuguko, 19, the eldest daughter of the late Prince Takamado, the Emperor's cousin; the late prince's second daughter, Princess Noriko, 17; and his third daughter, Princess Ayako, 15.
* Without revising the law, Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, 41, and her future children would not be allowed to ascend to the throne.
* If Princess Aiko were to marry a commoner and ascend to the throne, the couple's child, regardless of sex, would be the first Emperor or reigning Empress to have no Emperor on his or her father's side, a scenario experts say has never before occurred.
* The reigning empresses were enthroned to prevent a succession break in emergencies, such as when a crown prince was too young to reign or was forced to postpone enthronement.
* The postwar version of the Imperial Household Law, enacted in 1947, stipulates that only male heirs who have emperors on their father's side can ascend to the Imperial throne.
* Crown Prince Naruhito, 45, is first in line to the throne. His 39-year-old brother, Prince Akishino, is second; Prince Hitachi, 69, brother of Emperor Akihito, is third; Prince Mikasa, 89, an uncle of the Emperor, is fourth; Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, 59, a cousin of the Emperor, is fifth; and Prince Katsura, 57, another cousin of the Emperor, is sixth.
* If the law is revised on the basis of the final report by a government panel, the succession order would be as follows: Crown Prince Naruhito; his 3-year-old daughter, Princess Aiko; Prince Akishino; Prince Akishino's elder daughter, Princess Mako, 14; his younger daughter, Princess Kako, 10; Prince Hitachi; Prince Mikasa; Prince Tomohito of Mikasa; Prince Tomohito of Mikasa's elder daughter, Princess Akiko, 23; his younger daughter, Princess Yoko, 22; Prince Katsura; Princess Tsuguko, 19, the eldest daughter of the late Prince Takamado, the Emperor's cousin; the late prince's second daughter, Princess Noriko, 17; and his third daughter, Princess Ayako, 15.
* Without revising the law, Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, 41, and her future children would not be allowed to ascend to the throne.
* If Princess Aiko were to marry a commoner and ascend to the throne, the couple's child, regardless of sex, would be the first Emperor or reigning Empress to have no Emperor on his or her father's side, a scenario experts say has never before occurred.
* The reigning empresses were enthroned to prevent a succession break in emergencies, such as when a crown prince was too young to reign or was forced to postpone enthronement.
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Gepost 28 november 2005 - 13:10
Someone, op Nov 28 2005, 10:25 AM, zei:
Mooi overzichtje van de troonsopvolging onder huidige wetgeving en onder eventuele 'nieuwe' wetgeving.
kleine aanpassing met grote gevolgen
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Gepost 05 januari 2006 - 14:00
En weer nieuws op het vrouwenfront:
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DIET FOES MAY PUT UP FIGHT
Female succession bill set for March
The government will present a bill amending the Imperial House Law to the Diet in early March that would authorize females and their descendants to ascend the throne, according to sources. The move to revise the line of royal succession is in response to a Nov. 24 proposal by an advisory panel.
Crown Prince Naruhito, 45, Emperor Akihito's first son, remains heir to the throne. But the revised law would put 4-year-old Princess Aiko, the Crown Prince's only child, second in line. Next would come Prince Akishino, the Crown Prince's 40-year-old brother, who is currently second.
The bill will be presented to an ordinary Diet session after the budget for fiscal 2006 is passed, the sources said. Aimed at preventing a succession crisis, the bill will contain provisions stating an emperor's firstborn child, regardless of sex, will be next in line for the throne.
The Imperial House Law, enacted in 1947, allows only male descendents of an emperor to ascend the throne. But no male has been born in the royal family since 1965, making a succession crisis increasingly likely. The revision would also pave the way for a child of Princess Aiko to succeed her, making such a child the first ever monarch descended from the mother's line.
The government wants to ensure an orderly, hereditary succession to the throne in the future, given that Aiko is the only child of the Crown Prince, 45, and Crown Princess Masako, 42. After receiving a report from an advisory panel in November that urged allowing females and their descendants to ascend the throne, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said, "I would like to gain the understanding of the majority of the public." But the bill could generate controversy in the Diet. Opponents of the proposed change include former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma and other lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The text of the amendment is being drafted by a task force on the revision of the Imperial House Law led by Masato Shibata, director general of the Cabinet Secretariat's Cabinet Affairs Office. Task force members are considering rewriting or abolishing the law's Article 1, which stipulates that only males with emperors on their father's side can reign, the sources said.
They are also considering rewriting or scrapping Article 12, which mandates that female members of the Imperial family who marry commoners give up their royal status. In addition, they are mulling what royal title should be given to a male commoner who marries into the Imperial family.
The Japan Times: Jan. 4, 2006
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Female succession bill set for March
The government will present a bill amending the Imperial House Law to the Diet in early March that would authorize females and their descendants to ascend the throne, according to sources. The move to revise the line of royal succession is in response to a Nov. 24 proposal by an advisory panel.
Crown Prince Naruhito, 45, Emperor Akihito's first son, remains heir to the throne. But the revised law would put 4-year-old Princess Aiko, the Crown Prince's only child, second in line. Next would come Prince Akishino, the Crown Prince's 40-year-old brother, who is currently second.
The bill will be presented to an ordinary Diet session after the budget for fiscal 2006 is passed, the sources said. Aimed at preventing a succession crisis, the bill will contain provisions stating an emperor's firstborn child, regardless of sex, will be next in line for the throne.
The Imperial House Law, enacted in 1947, allows only male descendents of an emperor to ascend the throne. But no male has been born in the royal family since 1965, making a succession crisis increasingly likely. The revision would also pave the way for a child of Princess Aiko to succeed her, making such a child the first ever monarch descended from the mother's line.
The government wants to ensure an orderly, hereditary succession to the throne in the future, given that Aiko is the only child of the Crown Prince, 45, and Crown Princess Masako, 42. After receiving a report from an advisory panel in November that urged allowing females and their descendants to ascend the throne, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said, "I would like to gain the understanding of the majority of the public." But the bill could generate controversy in the Diet. Opponents of the proposed change include former trade minister Takeo Hiranuma and other lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
The text of the amendment is being drafted by a task force on the revision of the Imperial House Law led by Masato Shibata, director general of the Cabinet Secretariat's Cabinet Affairs Office. Task force members are considering rewriting or abolishing the law's Article 1, which stipulates that only males with emperors on their father's side can reign, the sources said.
They are also considering rewriting or scrapping Article 12, which mandates that female members of the Imperial family who marry commoners give up their royal status. In addition, they are mulling what royal title should be given to a male commoner who marries into the Imperial family.
The Japan Times: Jan. 4, 2006
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Gepost 20 januari 2006 - 21:58
Op deze site is best wel interessante info te vinden over de Japanse koninklijke familie (oa over hun namen en hoe die veranderd zijn) en de geschiedenis van het keizerrijk an sich.
Japans keizerrijk
Japans keizerrijk
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Gepost 05 mei 2006 - 09:55
weten we al of er iets nieuws bekent is?
ze zullen nu toch wel weten of het een jongetje of meisje gaat worden.
kijk als ze weten dat het een meisje wordt dan kunnen ze toch verder gaan met de wet
zouden de kroonprins en zijn vrouw het erg vinden als ze niet meer zorgen voor een troonopvolger maar dat zijn broer dat doet?
van de ene kant lijkt het me heel vervelend maar aan de andere kant helemaal geweldig, hoeven die mensen van de tradities niet meer zo op je te lettten toch??
wat vind jij?
ze zullen nu toch wel weten of het een jongetje of meisje gaat worden.
kijk als ze weten dat het een meisje wordt dan kunnen ze toch verder gaan met de wet
zouden de kroonprins en zijn vrouw het erg vinden als ze niet meer zorgen voor een troonopvolger maar dat zijn broer dat doet?
van de ene kant lijkt het me heel vervelend maar aan de andere kant helemaal geweldig, hoeven die mensen van de tradities niet meer zo op je te lettten toch??
wat vind jij?
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Gepost 08 mei 2006 - 12:46
tosca_van_oranje, op May 5 2006, 10:55 AM, zei:
weten we al of er iets nieuws bekent is?
ze zullen nu toch wel weten of het een jongetje of meisje gaat worden.
kijk als ze weten dat het een meisje wordt dan kunnen ze toch verder gaan met de wet
zouden de kroonprins en zijn vrouw het erg vinden als ze niet meer zorgen voor een troonopvolger maar dat zijn broer dat doet?
van de ene kant lijkt het me heel vervelend maar aan de andere kant helemaal geweldig, hoeven die mensen van de tradities niet meer zo op je te lettten toch??
wat vind jij?
ze zullen nu toch wel weten of het een jongetje of meisje gaat worden.
kijk als ze weten dat het een meisje wordt dan kunnen ze toch verder gaan met de wet
zouden de kroonprins en zijn vrouw het erg vinden als ze niet meer zorgen voor een troonopvolger maar dat zijn broer dat doet?
van de ene kant lijkt het me heel vervelend maar aan de andere kant helemaal geweldig, hoeven die mensen van de tradities niet meer zo op je te lettten toch??
wat vind jij?
't Lijkt me toch wel een hele omschakeling hoor. Maar ja, nu ligt er een grote druk op Masako, dus zij vindt het misschien wel prettig om van die druk verlost te zijn, maar vooral voor Naruhito lijkt het me wel pijnlijk mocht zijn broer inderdaad en zoontje krijgen.
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Gepost 08 mei 2006 - 15:47
er wordt niets over het geslacht bekend gemaakt vrees ik maar wie weet is het wel een meisje en daarom loopt Masako er zo vrolijk bij de laatste tijd....
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Gepost 23 juni 2006 - 10:47
Royalty, op 8 May 2006, 16:47, zei:
er wordt niets over het geslacht bekend gemaakt vrees ik maar wie weet is het wel een meisje en daarom loopt Masako er zo vrolijk bij de laatste tijd....
Een jongen bedoel je? :eh-smiley:
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Gepost 13 juli 2006 - 09:39
De bewaking van het paleis en de gronden erom heen blijkt toch niet zo goed te zijn als gedacht. Een parachutist (met passagier) landde er per ongeluk ipv op een sportterrein in de buurt.
Op dat sportterrein stonden overigens honderden kinderen op hem te wachten, omdat hij in het kader van een of ander TV-programma een vraag kwam beantwoorden...
Op dat sportterrein stonden overigens honderden kinderen op hem te wachten, omdat hij in het kader van een of ander TV-programma een vraag kwam beantwoorden...
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Look, up in the sky ... It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's a comedian.
One of Japan's hottest comedy talents has recently found himself attracting attention for creating a right royal fuss after parachuting into Crown Prince Naruhito's Akasaka Goyochi Palace, according to Shukan Asahi.
Atsuhiko Nakata, one of the popular Oriental Radio duo, and the parachute instructor guiding him floated through the skies of the capital on the morning of July 2 aimed for the huge Meiji Jingu sports park, but instead landed on not only the prince's private property, but land that is supposed to be guarded fiercely by some of the country's crack cops.
"It's a huge problem that they could get into that area while it was supposed to be under such heavy guard," Shukan Asahi hears from an insider at the Imperial Household Agency, the body entrusted with the care of the Imperial Family. "It's a good thing that nobody was injured."
Nakata parachuted into the grounds just 200 meters away from Togu Palace, where the heir to the Imperial Throne lives. There was a guard post nearby and members of the elite Imperial Guard patrol the area consistently. Officers learned of the incident when one radioed in a message saying "something weird is falling out of the sky."
That "something weird" turned out to be the comedian, who was supposed to have landed 1.1 kilometers away, where some 6,500 school children were waiting for him.
The kids were taking part in a TV quiz program for the NTV network. They had been asked a question and gathered in two separate areas which had been marked out by a cross and a circle to denote their answers. Nakata was supposed to land on the circle to provide the correct answer.
The parachute instructor who accompanied Nakata told the Imperial Guard that he had landed only where he could find an open space and had no idea that he set down in heavily guarded Imperial property. Nakata and the instructor were given a stern warning and released later the same day.
NTV spin doctors said the parachute instructor was a veteran in his field and a test run of the jump earlier in the day had gone off flawlessly. But, when it came to the actual jump, a huge gust of wind suddenly blew up as Nakata and the instructor leaped from their helicopter and they were swept well off course.
The Imperial Guard are hurting over the incident, which comes hot on the heels of another scandal that hurt the force whose members must be squeaky clean, entrusted as they are with guarding the living symbol of Japan and His Family.
Just days before Nakata's blooper, a member of the Imperial Guard had resigned after receiving a severe reprimand for stalking an ex-girlfriend. The guardsman had once looked after the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, too. In an organization where things are rarely allowed to stray from the straight and narrow, the scandal made the Nakata incident a little harder to laugh about, as far as authorities were concerned.
That hasn't stopped others chuckling, though.
"I'd really like to see a different sort of apology from a member of the Imperial Guard," Kikuya Matsuzaki, the author of a comedy about the Imperial Family, tells Shukan Asahi. "How about something along the lines of: 'Sorry. We're always raising our eyes upward (to face the Emperor), but nobody thought to raise our eyes as far up as the sky.'"
One of Japan's hottest comedy talents has recently found himself attracting attention for creating a right royal fuss after parachuting into Crown Prince Naruhito's Akasaka Goyochi Palace, according to Shukan Asahi.
Atsuhiko Nakata, one of the popular Oriental Radio duo, and the parachute instructor guiding him floated through the skies of the capital on the morning of July 2 aimed for the huge Meiji Jingu sports park, but instead landed on not only the prince's private property, but land that is supposed to be guarded fiercely by some of the country's crack cops.
"It's a huge problem that they could get into that area while it was supposed to be under such heavy guard," Shukan Asahi hears from an insider at the Imperial Household Agency, the body entrusted with the care of the Imperial Family. "It's a good thing that nobody was injured."
Nakata parachuted into the grounds just 200 meters away from Togu Palace, where the heir to the Imperial Throne lives. There was a guard post nearby and members of the elite Imperial Guard patrol the area consistently. Officers learned of the incident when one radioed in a message saying "something weird is falling out of the sky."
That "something weird" turned out to be the comedian, who was supposed to have landed 1.1 kilometers away, where some 6,500 school children were waiting for him.
The kids were taking part in a TV quiz program for the NTV network. They had been asked a question and gathered in two separate areas which had been marked out by a cross and a circle to denote their answers. Nakata was supposed to land on the circle to provide the correct answer.
The parachute instructor who accompanied Nakata told the Imperial Guard that he had landed only where he could find an open space and had no idea that he set down in heavily guarded Imperial property. Nakata and the instructor were given a stern warning and released later the same day.
NTV spin doctors said the parachute instructor was a veteran in his field and a test run of the jump earlier in the day had gone off flawlessly. But, when it came to the actual jump, a huge gust of wind suddenly blew up as Nakata and the instructor leaped from their helicopter and they were swept well off course.
The Imperial Guard are hurting over the incident, which comes hot on the heels of another scandal that hurt the force whose members must be squeaky clean, entrusted as they are with guarding the living symbol of Japan and His Family.
Just days before Nakata's blooper, a member of the Imperial Guard had resigned after receiving a severe reprimand for stalking an ex-girlfriend. The guardsman had once looked after the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, too. In an organization where things are rarely allowed to stray from the straight and narrow, the scandal made the Nakata incident a little harder to laugh about, as far as authorities were concerned.
That hasn't stopped others chuckling, though.
"I'd really like to see a different sort of apology from a member of the Imperial Guard," Kikuya Matsuzaki, the author of a comedy about the Imperial Family, tells Shukan Asahi. "How about something along the lines of: 'Sorry. We're always raising our eyes upward (to face the Emperor), but nobody thought to raise our eyes as far up as the sky.'"
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Gepost 24 augustus 2006 - 09:56
Ik vond drie oude foto's van de Japannertjes die de Marrokkaantjes op staatsbezoek krijgen:
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Gepost 12 september 2006 - 07:15
Tja, zo kun je ook geld verdienen aan de keizerlijke familie, gewoon doen alsof je een onbeduidend lid van de familie bent en dan een groots trouwfestijn organiseren...
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Japan pair jailed for royal scam
A Japanese couple have been jailed for staging a fake royal wedding to obtain money from guests. The pair held a lavish reception in the capital, Tokyo, in 2003, telling guests that the groom was related to a now defunct branch of the imperial family. In Japan, tradition dictates that guests bring money for the happy couple - and more if they are well connected.
The Tokyo District Court found the pair guilty of fraud and sentenced each of them to 26 months in prison. "It was a malicious crime that cleverly took advantage of a mentality for revering the imperial court and imperial family," Judge Takaaki Oshima was quoted as saying.
Yasuyuki Kitano, 44, had claimed to be descended from the Arisugawa branch of the imperial family, which ended more than 90 years ago due to a lack of male heirs, Kyodo news agency reported. His fake bride, 47-year-old Harumi Sakamoto, completed the deception by wearing a traditional 12-layered imperial-style kimono for the reception. The court ruled that they had swindled 67 guests out of a total of JPY2.94m ($25,170, £13,444).
A third conspirator was earlier given a suspended sentence, the agency said.
A Japanese couple have been jailed for staging a fake royal wedding to obtain money from guests. The pair held a lavish reception in the capital, Tokyo, in 2003, telling guests that the groom was related to a now defunct branch of the imperial family. In Japan, tradition dictates that guests bring money for the happy couple - and more if they are well connected.
The Tokyo District Court found the pair guilty of fraud and sentenced each of them to 26 months in prison. "It was a malicious crime that cleverly took advantage of a mentality for revering the imperial court and imperial family," Judge Takaaki Oshima was quoted as saying.
Yasuyuki Kitano, 44, had claimed to be descended from the Arisugawa branch of the imperial family, which ended more than 90 years ago due to a lack of male heirs, Kyodo news agency reported. His fake bride, 47-year-old Harumi Sakamoto, completed the deception by wearing a traditional 12-layered imperial-style kimono for the reception. The court ruled that they had swindled 67 guests out of a total of JPY2.94m ($25,170, £13,444).
A third conspirator was earlier given a suspended sentence, the agency said.
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Gepost 17 oktober 2006 - 10:19
Op GREMB vond ik deze foto; een oudje al... die langste Japanner; is dat nou Akishino? :mrgreen:
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Gepost 17 oktober 2006 - 10:23
Op GREMB vond ik deze foto; een oudje al... die langste Japanner; is dat nou Akishino? :mrgreen:
volgens mij is die eind jaren 80 genomen tijdens een statie bezoek
deze foto stond ook in een oude vorsten
en het klopt die langste prins is Akishino
toen had hij nog pikzwart haar
'k moest even kijken of hij het echt wass
volgens mij is die eind jaren 80 genomen tijdens een statie bezoek
deze foto stond ook in een oude vorsten
en het klopt die langste prins is Akishino
toen had hij nog pikzwart haar
'k moest even kijken of hij het echt wass