Japan's empress known for grace under pressure
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Raising kids, cooking meals and chatting to ordinary people -- Empress Michiko's sweeping changes to Japan's ultra-conservative imperial family has made her an endearing figure to the masses.
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Conservatives keen to keep women from   ascending the Chrysanthemum Throne are hoping this week will   bring the answer to their prayers: the birth of Japan's first   imperial male heir in more than four decades.
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Palace doctors believe Japan&#39;s Crown Princess Masako, who has spent the past eight months in seclusion fighting a stress-induced illness, will not likely resume her royal duties until sometime next year, officials said Monday.
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Empress Michiko, wife of Japan's Emperor Akihito, is ill with symptoms of internal bleeding, Kyodo reports.
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TOKYO, Sept. 7 -- For the election-battered, scandal-plagued and competence-challenged government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, it has come down to this: If he cannot keep a floating gas station open in the Indian Ocean, Abe may be finished as the leader of Japan.
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Japan's democracy may work smoothly, but its politics are still dominated by change-resistant dynasties that limit voter choice
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Japan's Emperor Akihito, who celebrates his 74th birthday on Sunday, has criticised media reports for misinterpreting his comments about the crown prince and princess.
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Japan&#39;s Crown Princess Masako emerged briefly on Saturday from months of seclusion to visit the emperor, but officials said it might be difficult for her to resume her official duties this year.
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The head of a government panel debating revisions to Japan's imperial succession law said Tuesday that public opinion, which strongly supports allowing a woman to reign, would be the most important factor in their discussions.
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Japanese wife, Hitomi Soga, resolving a diplomatic headache for Japan and its close ally, the United States. Japan has asked for leniency out of sympathy for Jenkins wife.
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She has a title and a famous father, but among Asia's political princesses Datin Paduka Marina Mahathir is something of a rebel.
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TOKYO - The government has begun studying the feasibility of allowing a woman to ascend to the Chrysanthemum throne as no male heirs have been born into the imperial family in almost 40 years, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported Wednesday.
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After 31 years as a civil servant, Tomomi Yano began to take on Japanâs corporate culture, and has become an unlikely and remarkably successful advocate for shareholder rights.
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A Japanese government panel begins work on whether to recommend women be allowed to take the throne.
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Japan's prime minister-to-be, Shinzo Abe,   turned his attention on Thursday to the line-up for his cabinet   amid concerns about how the hawkish, youthful leader will cope   with diplomatic and economic challenges ahead.
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New York gets a chrysanthemum exhibition fit for Japanese royalty.
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Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whisked to a hospital a day after he resigned for exhaustion and psychological anguish, is the latest high-profile figure to seek treatment over work-related duress in a nation known for its stressed-out laborers.