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The Imperial House (皇室, Kōshitsu) is the reigning dynasty of Japan, consisting of those members of the extended family of the reigning emperor of Japan who undertake official and public duties. Under the present constitution of Japan , the emperor is "the symbol of the State and of the unity of the people".
Princess Tsuguko participates very frequently in the activities of the Imperial family: she came of age on 8 March 2006, when she turned 20. To mark the occasion, she was awarded the 2nd class of the Order of the Precious Crown and attended a press conference in her honour, during which she answered questions from reporters about her future and her past.
The Imperial Household Agency (宮内庁, Kunai-chō) (IHA) is an agency of the government of Japan in charge of state matters concerning the Imperial Family, and the keeping of the Privy Seal and State Seal of Japan. From around the 8th century AD until the Second World War, it was known as the Imperial Household Ministry (宮内省, Kunai-shō).
The Imperial Family of Japan sits on the Chrysanthemum Throne, with the current emperor being Emperor Naruhito. He is married to Empress Masako, who is only the second commoner in the dynasty’s ...
A royal family is the immediate family of kings/queens, emirs/emiras, sultans/sultanas, or raja/rani and sometimes their extended family. The term imperial family appropriately describes the family of an emperor or empress, and the term papal family describes the family of a pope, while the terms baronial family, comital family, ducal family ...
In an effort to control the size of the imperial family, the law stipulates that only legitimate male descendants in the male line can be dynasts, that imperial princesses lose their status as imperial family members if they marry outside the imperial family, [84] and that the emperor and other members of the Imperial Family may not adopt ...
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The website for the royal family has now undergone its own editing process, albeit not nearly as controversial. Royal online sleuths noticed that the royals' official website scrapped Prince Harry ...