The Japanese Imperial Court: The Imperial Couple on a Peaceful treaty in Philippines
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The Emperor Akihito of Japan had gathered on Wednesday January 27th in the largest military cemetery in the Philippines, during the first very symbolic event of its historic five-day visit in the archipelago.
After the morning was formally received by President Benigno Aquino at the presidential palace in Manila, Akihito, 82, went to bow to the hero Cemetery, erected in 1947 in memory of Filipinos killed in action during World War II.
The Japanese imperial couple on Tuesday began a historic visit to the archipelago to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
This Friday, January 29, on the eve of their return to Tokyo, the Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko honored in Manila memory of Japanese soldiers killed during World War II during the brutal occupation of the Philippines by Japanese Imperial army.
After Wednesday, January 27 gathered in the largest military cemetery in the Philippines, the hero of the cemetery, built in 1947 in memory of the fallen Filipinos, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko paid tribute, two days later to their fellow patriot. They lost twice at the memorial erected for the Japanese dead in Caliraya, a resort located near a lake about three hours drive from Manila, and have laid wreaths of white flowers. The imperial couple then spoke to the descendants of the soldiers killed during the war.
The Emperor and Empress arrived in Manila Tuesday, January 26 for a historic five-day visit to the archipelago to mark the 60th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Philippines, which were previously under American domination, suffered between 1942 and 1945 a very harsh occupation of the Japanese army and were the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the war in Asia.
Akihito, who was 11 when the war ended with the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, made tributes to Japanese and non-Japanese victims of the war a pillar of his reign of nearly three decades, called Heisei or "achievement of peace." The emperor of Japan has already visited other places where Japanese soldiers and civilians have led desperate fighting on behalf of his father Hirohito, like last year in Palau, a string of islands to the east of Philippines.
Photo Credits: Paris Match
After the morning was formally received by President Benigno Aquino at the presidential palace in Manila, Akihito, 82, went to bow to the hero Cemetery, erected in 1947 in memory of Filipinos killed in action during World War II.
The Japanese imperial couple on Tuesday began a historic visit to the archipelago to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
This Friday, January 29, on the eve of their return to Tokyo, the Japanese Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko honored in Manila memory of Japanese soldiers killed during World War II during the brutal occupation of the Philippines by Japanese Imperial army.
After Wednesday, January 27 gathered in the largest military cemetery in the Philippines, the hero of the cemetery, built in 1947 in memory of the fallen Filipinos, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko paid tribute, two days later to their fellow patriot. They lost twice at the memorial erected for the Japanese dead in Caliraya, a resort located near a lake about three hours drive from Manila, and have laid wreaths of white flowers. The imperial couple then spoke to the descendants of the soldiers killed during the war.
The Emperor and Empress arrived in Manila Tuesday, January 26 for a historic five-day visit to the archipelago to mark the 60th anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Philippines, which were previously under American domination, suffered between 1942 and 1945 a very harsh occupation of the Japanese army and were the scene of some of the bloodiest fighting of the war in Asia.
Akihito, who was 11 when the war ended with the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, made tributes to Japanese and non-Japanese victims of the war a pillar of his reign of nearly three decades, called Heisei or "achievement of peace." The emperor of Japan has already visited other places where Japanese soldiers and civilians have led desperate fighting on behalf of his father Hirohito, like last year in Palau, a string of islands to the east of Philippines.
Photo Credits: Paris Match
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