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WAJIMA, Ishikawa (Jiji Press) — The Emperor and Empress bowed to mourn flood victims in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa ...

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The Han Dynasty rule over China for four centuries ... in Chinese histories about relations with Japan, but not in Japanese records. It's possible that she is draw from legends of Empress Jingu, whose ...

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Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Wajima City in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, which suffered severe damage in a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day and torrential ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Tuesday to mourn flood victims. On their third trip this year to the Noto Peninsula to support people who ...