Does Akihito Speak English?
Even Emperor Emeritus Akihito's Recent Formal Televised Announcement of His Resignation Was Seen as a Bit over the Heads of Average Japanese Speakers...
Even Emperor Emeritus Akihito's recent formal televised announcement of his resignation was seen as a bit over the heads of average Japanese speakers. ... Much ink has been spilled remarking on the fact that Emperor Naruhito is the first on the Japanese throne to speak English openly and fluently.
What is emperor Akihito doing now?
He has spent much of his time conducting research on goby fish at a biology research institute inside the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo and writing a thesis on a species found in southern Japan. He also takes daily walks with his wife, former Empress Michiko, at the Takanawa Imperial Residence, their temporary home.
Who was Hirohito son?
Hirohito's son Akihito, the current emperor of Japan, broke with 1,500 years of tradition by marrying a commoner in 1959.
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