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Emperor Naruhito planted rice seeds at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 15 as part of annual tradition. He sowed 720 seeds of two varieties of rice, the non-glutinous Nihonmasari and the ...

Emperor Naruhito met with Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedov at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 15. Berdimuhamedov attended Turkmenistan's national day event at the Osaka Expo in ...