The Japanese Imperial Courts: The Imperial Reigning Couple on a peaceful mission to the Philippines
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The Emperor is in the Philippines arrived Tuesday for a historic visit to the pilgrimage-like memorials of the Second World War, 71 years after the liberation of archipel. His Majesty Emperor Akihito, 82, made tributes to the victims of Japanese and non-Japanese war a pillar of his reign of nearly three decades, called Heisei or "fulfillment of the peace" in the presence of Her Majesty Empress Michiko for a five-day stay
"Many Filipinos, Americans and Japanese were killed in the Philippines during the war," said Akihito in a ceremony before leaving Tokyo.
"We want to make this visit still having that in mind."
Clearly pacifist message of the emperor, who was greeted on the tarmac in Manila by the Philippine President Benigno Aquino, in contrast to the nationalist bias of the Japanese government.
The Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to revise the pacifist constitution inherited from the American occupation after the war, to give a more active role in Japan on the international stage.
Akihito has visited other places where soldiers and Japanese civilians have led desperate fighting on behalf of his father Hirohito.
In Philippines, where battles took place among the most terrible of world conflict in Asia, the Imperial couple visited the Cemetery of Heroes memorial Filipino soldiers killed. They also bow before a monument to the victims of the Japanese conflit.Cette visit aims to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations.
Over the decades, Manila and Tokyo have become allies. Japan is the largest foreign investor in the Philippines, which it supplies its largest subsidy. Manila also relies increasingly on Tokyo in its territorial disputes with Beijing in méridionale.
Photo credit: Paris Match
"Many Filipinos, Americans and Japanese were killed in the Philippines during the war," said Akihito in a ceremony before leaving Tokyo.
"We want to make this visit still having that in mind."
Clearly pacifist message of the emperor, who was greeted on the tarmac in Manila by the Philippine President Benigno Aquino, in contrast to the nationalist bias of the Japanese government.
The Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to revise the pacifist constitution inherited from the American occupation after the war, to give a more active role in Japan on the international stage.
Akihito has visited other places where soldiers and Japanese civilians have led desperate fighting on behalf of his father Hirohito.
In Philippines, where battles took place among the most terrible of world conflict in Asia, the Imperial couple visited the Cemetery of Heroes memorial Filipino soldiers killed. They also bow before a monument to the victims of the Japanese conflit.Cette visit aims to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the restoration of diplomatic relations.
Over the decades, Manila and Tokyo have become allies. Japan is the largest foreign investor in the Philippines, which it supplies its largest subsidy. Manila also relies increasingly on Tokyo in its territorial disputes with Beijing in méridionale.
Photo credit: Paris Match
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