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  2. The Emperor's Birthday - Wikipedia

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    The emperor, accompanied by the empress, and several other members of the imperial family appear on a palace balcony to acknowledge the birthday greetings of well-wishers waving Japanese flags. [16] [3] This event is called Ippan-sanga (一般参賀, Visit of the General Public to the Palace). Only on this occasion, and during New Year's ...

  3. Tokyo Imperial Palace - Wikipedia

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    The Imperial Palace (皇居, Kōkyo, lit. ' Imperial Residence ') is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan.It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda district of the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo and contains several buildings including the Fukiage Palace (吹上御所, Fukiage gosho) where the Emperor has his living quarters, the main palace (宮殿, Kyūden) where various ceremonies ...

  4. Chōwaden Reception Hall - Wikipedia

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    The Chōwaden Reception Hall (長和殿, Chōwaden) is the largest building of the Tokyo Imperial Palace located in Tokyo, Japan. It is where the Japanese emperor and other members of the Japanese imperial family appear every new year and for the emperor's birthday. It is also where some official state ceremonies and functions are held.

  5. List of largest palaces - Wikipedia

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    This was the former imperial palace of the early Manchu-led Qing dynasty. It was built in 1625, and the first three Qing emperors lived there from 1625 to 1644. Since the collapse of imperial rule in China, the palace has been converted to a museum that now lies in the center of Shenyang, Liaoning. [49] Mukden Palace: 22 Palace of Versailles France

  6. 2019 Japanese imperial transition - Wikipedia

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    Ceremony to proclaim Prince Akishino as Kōshi (皇嗣) (a rank equivalent to Crown Prince) and receives felicitations from representatives of the people from at home and abroad at the Imperial Palace. Public Tokyo Imperial Palace, Tokyo: Chōken-no-gi: 朝見の儀: Ceremony for the Emperor and Empress to meet the Crown Prince for the first ...

  7. Ritual ceremonies of the Imperial Palace - Wikipedia

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    Ritual Ceremonies of the Imperial Palace [20] [21] describes various Rituals related to the Emperor (the Emperor and the Imperial Family). Of these, ceremonies related to the Emperor can be divided into two categories: national acts as stipulated in Article 7 of the Japanese Constitution, and official acts that do not fall under this category.

  8. AP PHOTOS: Beijing's imperial palace bustles with throngs of ...

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    In Beijing's Forbidden City, once the sprawling palace to China's Ming and Qing emperors and their legions of guards and servants, steady streams of visitors wearing historical costumes pose for ...

  9. February 26 incident - Wikipedia

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    The February 26 incident (二・二六事件, Ni Ni-Roku Jiken, also known as the 2–26 incident) was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan on 26 February 1936. It was organized by a group of young Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) officers with the goal of purging the government and military leadership of their factional rivals and ideological opponents.