nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: On November 10, 764, the Retired Empress Koken sent Hyobu-kyo (the Minister of Military Affairs) Prince Wake, Sahyoe no Kami (the head of Left Guard of the Emperor) Prince Yamamura, Gee-taisho (the General of Outside Guard Division) Kyofuku KUDARANOKONISHIKI, and others to Chuguin, where Emperor Junnin was, and several hundreds of soldiers surrounded it.
Japanese: 同年10月9日、孝謙上皇は兵部卿和気王、左兵衛督山村王、外衛大将百済王敬福らを淳仁天皇の居る中宮院に派遣して、兵数百でこれを囲んだ。
English: After Prince Yamamura read the Imperial edict of dethronement of Emperor Junnin, Emperor Junnin was captured and exiled to Awaji Province.
Japanese: 山村王が天皇廃位の詔を読み上げ、淳仁天皇は捕らえられ、淡路国へ流された。
English: Prince Anahobe (year of birth unknown - July 19, 587) was one of the Imperial family members of the Asuka period.
Japanese: 穴穂部皇子（あなほべのみこ、生年不詳-用明天皇2年6月7日(旧暦)（587年7月17日））は、飛鳥時代の皇族。
English: In September, 585, when Emperor Bidatsu passed away with his funeral ceremony held in Hinkyu (funeral parlor), Prince Anahobe was eager to reign the whole country and said resentfully: 'I don't understand why you obey the dead king and not the living one.'
Japanese: 敏達天皇14年（585年）8月、敏達天皇が崩御し、殯宮で敏達天皇の葬儀が行われると、穴穂部皇子は天下を欲し「何故に死する王に仕えるのか、生きる王に仕えない」と憤慨した。
English: In October 585, instead of Prince Anahobe, Prince Oe (Emperor Yomei's son, his mother was SOGA no Katashihime, the daughter of SOGA no Iname) ascended the throne with the support of the Minister SOGA no Umako.
Japanese: 同年9月、穴穂部皇子ではなく大臣蘇我馬子の推す大兄皇子（用明天皇、母は蘇我稲目の娘蘇我堅塩媛）が即位した。
English: In May 586, Prince Anahobe tried to break into Hinkyu to rape Empress Suiko (the wife of Emperor Bidatsu whose beauty was expressed as: 'fair of face and figure; well-mannered and polite.'
Japanese: 用明天皇元年（586年）5月、穴穂部皇子は推古天皇（敏達天皇の皇后、「姿色端麗・進止軌制」と記される美女）を犯さんと欲し、殯宮に押し入ろうとした。
English: Prince Anahobe talked to SOGA no Umako and MONONOBE no Moriya about MIWA no Sakau being irreverent and they agreed with him.
Japanese: 穴穂部皇子は蘇我馬子と物部守屋に三輪逆は不遜であると相談し、馬子と守屋は同意した。
English: Prince Anahobe ordered Moriya to kill Miwa no Sakau and his children after he knew the address of Miwa no Sakau by anonymous information.
Japanese: 密告により三輪逆の居所が知られ、穴穂部皇子は三輪逆とその子を殺すよう守屋に命じた。
English: Although Umako remonstrated with him that the King should not become intimate with a criminal, he did not listen.
Japanese: 馬子は王者は刑人に近づくべからずと諫言したが、穴穂部皇子は聞き入れようとしなかった。
English: On May 16, 587, when Emperor Yomei fell ill, he asked the crowd of his retainers whether he would be allowed to pursue his desire to practice Buddhism or not.
Japanese: 用明天皇2年（587年）4月2日、用明天皇は病になり仏法を信奉したいと欲し群臣に諮った。
English: Moriya, who was an anti-Buddhist opposed to it, whereas Umako, who was a pro-Buddhist, thought that he should respect the Imperial edict and help the Emperor.
Japanese: 排仏派の守屋は反対したが、崇仏派の馬子は詔を奉じて助けるべきとした。
English: Moriya was mad at Prince Anahobe and glared at him because Prince Anahobe, who was supported by Moriya, took a Buddhist preacher to the Emperor.
Japanese: 守屋は自分が推していた穴穂部皇子が法師を連れてきたことに大いに怒り睨みつけた。
English: Later, Moriya retired to villa Ato (Kawachi Province) after hearing from his retainers that somebody was trying to kill him.
Japanese: その後、守屋は群臣から命を狙われていると知らされて、別業の阿都（河内国）へ退いた。
English: In June 587, Moriya tried to make Prince Anahobe an emperor, so he sent a secret agent to Prince Anahobe and asked him to come to Awaji, pretending to go out for hunting.
Japanese: 同年5月、守屋は穴穂部皇子を天皇に立てんと欲し、密使を皇子に送り、遊猟に出ると欺いて淡路へ来るよう願った。
English: On July 19, 587, SOGA no Umako decided to follow Kashiyaki-hime and ordered SAEKI no Muraji Nifute, HAJI no Muraji Iwamura, and IKUHA no Omi Makuhi to kill Prince Anahobe and Prince Yakabe as soon as possible.
Japanese: 同年6月7日、蘇我馬子は炊屋姫を奉じて、佐伯連丹經手、土師連磐村、的臣眞噛に速やかに穴穂部皇子と宅部皇子を誅殺するよう詔した。
English: Rittaishi (the investiture of Crown Prince) is a ceremony prevailed in East Asia to officially designate an heir of Chinese or Japanese Emperor as Crown Prince for prospective enthronement.
Japanese: 立太子（りったいし）とは、広く東アジアにおいて広まった儀礼で、中国の皇帝や日本の天皇の皇子を跡継ぎとして皇太子に立てる事である。
English: In ancient times, in the Japanese Imperial court, Crown Prince was also called Chokun (which was alternatively pronounced as Moke no kimi).
Japanese: 日本の朝廷においては、古くは儲君（ちょくん、もうけのきみ）とも呼ばれた。
English: An Imperial prince who had been designated as Chokun conventionally performed Rittaishi no Rei (ceremonial investiture of the Crown Prince) to declare both domestically and internationally that he became Crown Prince who was the heir to the Imperial throne.
Japanese: 儲君を受けた皇子は立太子の礼（立太子礼）の儀式を執り行い、内外に皇嗣たる皇太子に就任したことを宣言する習わしであった。
English: Before the Edo period, there was no law that determined the order in line to succession to the Imperial throne such as Imperial House Act, and Chokun, or the Crown Prince, was customarily chosen from among plural candidates, intervened by the will of the Emperor and by the court and bakufu (shogunate).
Japanese: 儲君に関しては、江戸時代までは皇室典範のような皇位継承の順序を定めた法律がなく、天皇の意思や朝廷、幕府などの介入により、複数の候補者から選ばれるのが慣例であった。
English: However, during medieval times when the Imperial court's power declined, not a few Crown Princes ascended to the Imperial throne without the ceremonial Rittaishi due to lack of budget for the Rittaishi no Rei.
Japanese: なお、中世の朝廷衰微の時代には立太子の礼を行う予算がないために儲君が立太子をされないまま、次期天皇に即位した例も多い。
English: Thereafter, the order of succession to the Imperial throne was strictly regulated by the law, and any change in the order became unallowable unless he had serious health problems or the like.
Japanese: 皇位継承の順序が厳格に定められるようになり、重大な病気などでない限り、皇位継承順位の変更は許されないこととなった。
English: Accordingly, an Imperial prince who was the first in line to the Imperial throne began to be considered 'Imperial prince who was the heir to the throne' and appointed Crown Prince.
Japanese: これにより、天皇の皇子の中で、継承順位が最も高い者が「皇嗣たる皇子」として皇太子に立てられる事となった。
English: The Emperor Akihito (December 23, 1933-) is the 125th Emperor in Japan.
Japanese: 明仁（あきひと、昭和8年（1933年）12月23日-）は、日本の第125代天皇。
English: Despite his age, being in his mid 70s as of 2009, he has quite energetically engaged in the public services and court rituals.
Japanese: 平成21年（2009年）現在、70代半ばの高齢であるが、公務、宮中祭祀ともに極めて旺盛に活動している。
English: He has frequently been admired for his high motivation to his duties as well as for his diligence.
Japanese: 天皇としての活動について非常に意欲的かつ勤勉であると伝えられることが多い。
English: It is said that he respects the Emperor Meiji and especially the Emperor Showa among successive emperors.
Japanese: 歴代の天皇の中では明治天皇および特に昭和天皇に寄せる気持ちが強いようである。
English: Moreover, as shown in his statement made at the press conference held for commemorating the 10th anniversary of his enthronement, his heart has never ceased to ache whenever he thinks of World War II as a wartime generation.
Japanese: また即位十周年の会見で述べているように、戦中育ちとして先の大戦に寄せる気持には強いものがある。
English: In the past, he made a remark with the content of 'I can never forget the following four dates, June 23 (the memorial day of Okinawa Prefecture commemorating all who died in the Battle of Okinawa), August 6 (Atomic-bomb Day of Hiroshima Prefecture), August 9 (Atomic-bomb Day of Nagasaki Prefecture) and August 15 (the anniversary of the end of World War II).
Japanese: 過去に「6月23日（沖縄県慰霊の日）、8月6日（広島原爆忌）、8月9日（長崎原爆忌）、8月15日（終戦の日）の四つは忘れる事の出来ない日付である」旨の発言もある。
English: Since he is related by blood with Shimazu family (Hisamitsu SHIMAZU, the family head of Echizen [also called Shigetomi]-Shimazu family and the Father of Satsuma Domain, who became the family head of Tamazato-Shimazu family with 100,000 Koku [approximately 18 million liters of crop yield] after the Meiji Restoration, conferred the title of Duke under the Peerage Law to be the first head of Shimazu Duke family), he may feel warm affection for Okinawa Prefecture, which is shown in several pieces of Ryuka Traditional Okinawa Poem he composed before.
Japanese: かつて琉球を征服した島津家（越前島津家・重富島津家当主・薩摩藩国父島津久光、明治維新後玉里島津家当主として10万石、華族令において公爵、島津久光公爵家初代当主）の血を引いていることから、沖縄への思いは深く、琉歌を幾つか詠んでいる。
English: With a membership of "The Ichthyological Society of Japan," he has written 28 papers relevant to his research on the journals issued by the society.
Japanese: 日本魚類学会に属して自らの研究に関して、28編の論文を同学会誌に発表している。
English: He wrote a paper titled "Early cultivators of science in Japan" on the magazine "Science" in 1992.
Japanese: 1992年（平成4年）にはScience誌に”EarlycultivatorsofscienceinJapan”という題の寄稿を寄せている。
English: Moreover, with his name listed under the first author, two theses were published on the foreign magazine "Gene" in 2000 and 2008 separately.
Japanese: また2000年（平成12年）および2008年（平成20年）には海外誌Geneに第一著者として論文が掲載されている
English: The coauthors include the Imperial Prince Akishino-no-miya Fumihito of the Akishino-no-miya family, the president of Yamashina Institute for Ornithology.
Japanese: なお、共著者に山階鳥類研究所総裁の秋篠宮家秋篠宮文仁親王の名前もある。
English: He became a foreign member of the Linnaean Society in London in 1980.
Japanese: 1980年（昭和55年）、ロンドン・カール・フォン・リンネ協会外国会員。
English: Besides, he received the Charles II medal from the Royal Society of London in 1998.
Japanese: この他にも平成10年（1998年）には王立協会（ロイヤル・ソサエティ）からチャールズ2世メダルを受賞。
English: He also took his place among the honorary scholar of Uppsala University in Sweden in 2007 when he visited five European countries.
Japanese: 平成19年（2007年）の欧州5か国訪問ではスウェーデンウプサラ大学名誉学員に列せられた。
English: As he has practiced the cello under a cellist Katsuo SHIMIZU since 1970, he can play the instrument fairly well.
Japanese: 昭和45年（1970年）からチェリスト・清水勝雄に師事してチェロを嗜む。
English: He was born at 6:39AM, on December 23, 1933 at San-den Hall (a maternity room) in Kyujo Palace (now Imperial Palace).
Japanese: 昭和8年（1933年）12月23日午前6時39分、宮城（現：皇居）内の産殿にて誕生。
English: As he was the first prince born between the Emperor Showa and the Empress Kojun, who had already had four princesses, his birth was celebrated on a national scale.
Japanese: 昭和天皇・香淳皇后の第五子にして初の皇子誕生とあって、国民的な盛大な祝福を受ける。
English: The source of these two names is in the Imperial Rescript issued on February 3, 1870 when the Emperor Meiji ascended the throne, which said 'Today's prosperity is due to successive deities ascended the throne to establish the natural order and nurture everything... Japanese people are expected to live following the deities' will.'
Japanese: いずれも明治3年1月3日（1870年2月3日）の明治天皇の即位に際して発せられた詔勅「…立極垂統、列皇相承、継之述之…宣明治教以宣揚惟神之大道也…」に出典を求め、命名されたものである。
English: He left his parents on March 29, 1936 at the age of two, raised by Togu-fuikukan (a tutor in charge of the Crown Prince) at the makeshift palace established on the premises of State Guest House.
Japanese: 昭和11年（1936年）3月29日、満2歳で両親のもとを離れ、迎賓館構内の東宮仮御所で東宮傅育官によって育てられる。
English: When he had his bobbed hair trimmed without notice to enter Gakushuin Primary School, he was shocked so deeply that he fell into a melancholy mood for several days.
Japanese: 学習院初等科入学に際し、おかっぱに伸ばしていた髪を無断で刈られ数日間ふさぎこんでしまった。
English: Afterwards, he made his utmost protest by saying, "Hereafter, never do like this without notice."
Japanese: その後、「これからは、だまってこんなことはしないでね」と精一杯の抗議をした。
English: In 1944, the escalating war made him evacuate to Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa in Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture at first, and then to Hotel Nanma in a hot-spring town Yumoto, Oku-Nikko.
Japanese: 昭和19年（1944年）、戦火の拡大により、はじめは栃木県日光市の日光田母沢御用邸記念公園に、後に奥日光・湯元の南間ホテルに疎開した。
English: Following the policy of the Emperor Showa, 'Learn the thought and custom of the West,' he studied from October 1946 to December 1950 under a Quaker enElizabeth_Gray_Vining, a famous juvenile literary person in the U.S. (in Japan, she was known as 'Mrs. Vining'), who was invited as a tutor.
Japanese: 昭和21年（1946年）10月から昭和25年（1950年）12月まで、昭和天皇の「西洋の思想と習慣を学ぶ」という方針に従い、アメリカ合衆国の著名な児童文学者にしてクエーカー教徒のエリザベス・ヴァイニング（日本では「ヴァイニング夫人」として知られている。enElizabeth_Gray_Vining）が家庭教師として就き、その薫陶を受ける。
English: He refused to be called with an English nickname by Mrs. Vining (Mrs. Vining had seemingly prepared a nickname "Jimmy" for him) when she became his tutor.
Japanese: 彼女がやってきたとき、英語名（ジミーと伝わる）をつけられるのを拒否した。
English: In addition, he was nicknamed 'Chab' by his schoolmates in his school days of Gakushuin Primary School, which originated in his looks that let schoolmates associate with an incense burner for burning the mosquito repellent stick, as well as in his swarthy-colored skin.
Japanese: このほか学習院初等科時代に、容貌が蚊取線香の香炉を想起させたこと・色黒だったことから「チャブ」と学友たちによってつけられた愛称が伝わる。
English: Both the official investiture ceremony of the Crown Prince and the coming-of-age ceremony were conducted at Kita-no-ma Hall (literally, the north hall) in the official section of the Imperial Palace on November 10, 1952.
Japanese: 昭和27年（1952年）11月10日、皇居・表北ノ間で立太子と皇太子成年式が執行された。
English: Moreover, at the official investiture ceremony of the Crown Prince, balloons with a message celebrating the ceremony donated from each prefecture and other governmental bodies were floated in the skies over Tokyo to offer the nation's congratulations.
Japanese: また、立太子の礼に際しては、都道府県などがこれを祝う言葉を記したアドバルーンを都内上空に浮かべ、立太子を祝った。
English: He went abroad officially for the first time spending more than six months from March 30 to October 12 in 1953.
Japanese: 昭和28年（1953年）3月30日から10月12日までの半年余りにわたり初の外遊。
English: He attended the coronation of Elizabeth Ⅱ (Queen of Britain) as the proxy of the Emperor Showa on June 2, 1953.
Japanese: 6月2日、イギリス・エリザベス2世(イギリス女王)の戴冠式へ昭和天皇の名代として参列。
English: Despite his status of the Crown Prince, he was treated as the Emperor by various countries, because he attended the ceremony as the proxy of the Emperor Showa.
Japanese: このとき地位は皇太子であったが、昭和天皇の名代の格式が加わっていたため、応接する諸国では天皇としての応対を行なった。
English: Later, in the interview held ahead of an official visit to Europe in 2007, reminiscing about the coronation, he made remarks expressing his appreciation to those countries that paid deference to him considering the heavy role as the proxy.
Japanese: 後年、平成19年（2007年）の訪欧前の会見においては、このことを回想して名代の立場の重さを思い、相手国を慮る趣旨の発言を行なっている。
English: However, the above-mentioned official travel resulted in the shortage of credits enough to advance to a higher degree in Gakushuin University, which meant that he would be one year behind with his long-time schoolmates.
Japanese: しかしこの外遊の結果、学習院大学の単位が不足し進級できず、長年の学友たちと学年が異なることとなった。
English: He became acquainted with Ms. Michiko SHODA (the present Empress Michiko) on August 19, 1957 in a tennis tournament held at Karuizawa, where he had been visiting to escape the heat.
Japanese: 昭和32年（1957年）8月19日、避暑で訪れた軽井沢のテニストーナメントで皇后美智子と出会う。
English: However, taking her in marriage met strong opposition from the inside and outside of the Imperial household, because she was neither from the Imperial family nor from the peerage despite being a daughter of a wealthy person (She comes from a long line of samurai class with a forefather Hayato IKUTA, a retainer of Yoshishige NITTA).
Japanese: しかし彼女が資産家の令嬢とはいえ皇族・華族出身ではない（新田義重の家臣生田隼人を遠祖とする士分の家系である）ことから、皇室内外から猛反対を受けた。
English: In 'a diary of Sukemasa IRIE' written by Sukemasa IRIE who served as the Grand Chamberlain of the Emperor Showa, there is a description that the Empress Kojun complained to the Emperor Showa with both Princess Chichibu Setsuko and Princess Kikuko, the wife of Imperial Prince Nobuhito, saying 'It is unforgivable to have a common woman as a wife for the Crown Prince.'
Japanese: 昭和天皇の侍従長を務めた入江相政の著作「入江相政日記」には、「東宮様のご縁談について平民からとは怪しからん」と香淳皇后が秩父宮妃勢津子、宣仁親王妃喜久子の両親王妃とともに昭和天皇に訴えたという内容の記述がある。
English: Women of the former peerage, including Nobuko MATSUDAIRA, a chairman of the Tokiwa-kai Association (alumni association of The Gakushuin School Corporation Women's division), also opposed so strongly that the Emperor Showa personally got Nobuko's consent to solve the issue over the Crown Prince's marriage, it is reported.
Japanese: 常盤会（学習院女子部の同窓会）会長松平信子ら旧華族の女性たちの反発も強く、信子に対しては昭和天皇自ら了承を求めてようやく決着したとも言われる。
English: The marriage was finally approved unanimously in the Imperial Household Council on November 27, 1958.
Japanese: 最終的に昭和33年（1958年）11月27日、結婚が皇室会議において満場一致で可決された。
English: Nosai-no-gi (ceremony of exchanging betrothal gifts) was conducted on January 14, 1959 and Kekkon-no-gi (wedding ceremony) was conducted on April 10 of the same year.
Japanese: 昭和34年（1959年）1月14日に納采の儀が、4月10日に結婚の儀が執り行われた。
English: The new Crown Princess received an enthusiastic welcome from the nation, because she was the first commoner to be the Crown Princess after the Meiji period, as well as the process to the marriage had been reported.
Japanese: 明治以降では初の平民の皇太子妃であり、また結婚に至る過程が報道されたこともあって市民からは熱烈に歓迎された。
English: To watch their wedding ceremony, lots of people bought television that had been still expensive in those days.
Japanese: ふたりの成婚の様子を見るために、当時高価であったテレビも普及し始めた。
English: The nation celebrated the birth of an heir on a large scale, because the new prince was born in the following year of the marriage, amid unrelenting Mitchy boom.
Japanese: ミッチー・ブームがまだ冷めやらぬ成婚翌年のお世継ぎ誕生は、国民から盛大に祝福された。
English: The Crown Prince visited the United States of America with the Crown Princess Michiko for 16 days from September 22 to October 7, 1960.
Japanese: 9月22日から10月7日にかけて美智子妃を伴ってアメリカ合衆国を16日間にわたり訪問した。
English: The Imperial couple not only worked hard in rearing their child, but also was anxious about various matters peculiar to the era (the leftist movement including demonstrations and student movements was most furious in the 1960s).
Japanese: 育児以外にも、時代の風潮（1960年代は、デモ・学生運動など左翼の全盛期であった）などもあり、妃ともども、苦労が多かった。
English: The second Imperial Prince Akishino-no-miya Fumihito was born on November 30, 1965.
Japanese: 昭和40年（1965年）11月30日、第2皇子秋篠宮文仁親王が誕生。
English: Similar to his father the Emperor Showa, Imperial Prince Akishino-no-miya Fumihito has established good relationships with countries in Southeast Asia like the Kingdom of Thailand as well as Madagascar, a rich repository of animals and plants.
Japanese: 父・昭和天皇同様、タイ王国をはじめとする東南アジア、及び動植物の宝庫であるマダガスカルとの縁が深い。
English: Staying closely with the Emperor Akihito and the Empress Michiko as the Imperial family without having an independent imperial house, the Imperial Princess Sayako was trusted by the couple as a daughter to whom they could open their hearts.
Japanese: 清子内親王は長く内廷皇族として天皇皇后夫妻の傍らにあって良き相談相手であった。
English: When Okinawa Ocean Expo '75 was held in Okinawa Prefecture in 1975, he visited the prefecture for the first time after being installed as the Crown Prince, where his father (the Emperor Showa) had also visited in the Crown Prince Hirohito days.
Japanese: 昭和50年（1975年）、沖縄国際海洋博覧会に際し父も皇太子時代に訪問した沖縄県を立太子後はじめて訪問。
English: Umi, sono-nozomashii mirai' (literally, Preferable future of Ocean), a book illustrated with photographs related to the exposition, and "An official long record film, Okinawa Ocean Expo," a record film of the exposition, recorded the Crown Prince and Crown Princess attending both the opening ceremony and the closing ceremony, which is still kept in libraries and so on.
Japanese: 海洋博の写真を収めた書籍「海その望ましい未来」、海洋博の記録映画『公式長編記録映画沖縄海洋博』にも開会式・閉会式に参列した皇太子夫妻の姿が収録され現在でも図書館などで目にすることができる。
English: When he and the Crown Princess Michiko visited Himeyuri-no-to Tower (The Tower of Lilies) for offering flowers on July 17, two members of radical parties (Isao CHINEN belonging to the preparatory society for Okinawa liberation alliance and the other belonging to the communist alliance) lurking at the spot hurled a Molotov cocktail at the Imperial couple (so-called "The incident at Himeyuri-no-to Tower.")
Japanese: 7月17日、美智子妃を伴いひめゆりの塔に献花のため訪れたところ、その場に潜んでいた過激派二人（沖縄解放同盟準備会メンバーの知念功と共産主義者同盟のメンバー二人）から火炎瓶を投げつけられる（ひめゆりの塔事件。）
English: (In addition, a film for a news show has left the scene that the Imperial couple and the persons concerned are evacuating after being hurled the Molotov cocktail).
Japanese: （ニュースフィルムに火炎瓶を投げつけられ避難する夫妻および関係者の映像が残っている）。
English: In addition to the radical groups to which the criminals caused "The incident at Himeyuri-no-to Tower" belonged, various political organizations held meetings nationwide, as well as demonstration parades with 1,000 participants, raising the rallying cry of 'Let's oppose the Imperial couple's visit to Okinawa Prefecture' and so on.
Japanese: なお、この訪問については同事件の犯人の所属するもの以外にも各種政治団体が「訪沖阻止」などを叫んで全国で集会、千人単位のデモ行進などを行った。
English: Furthermore, some of those political organizations acted terrorism, such as hurling an empty bottle at an automobile into which the Imperial couple got soon after they arrived at Okinawa Prefecture (the terrorist involved in the incident was arrested for obstructing officers in the performance of their duties), according to "Police White Paper of 1976."
Japanese: さらに沖縄入りした皇太子夫妻の自動車に空き瓶などを投げつけるなどのテロ（犯人は公務執行妨害で逮捕）を行った（『昭和51年警察白書）。
English: Visiting Okinawa Prefecture to attend the National Sports Festival of Japan as the proxy of the Emperor Showa who was sick in bed at that time, he read a message on behalf of the Emperor on October 24, 1987 at Okinawa Prefecture Peace Memorial Hall built at the southern battle site of Okinawa Prefecture as follows.
Japanese: 昭和62年（1987年）にも沖縄海邦国体を前に病臥した昭和天皇の名代として沖縄を訪れ、10月24日、南部戦跡の平和祈念堂で以下のように天皇の言葉を代読した。
English: Okinawa Prefecture, a battlefield of the last war, was so damaged that its islets were seriously disfigured.'
Japanese: 「先の大戦で戦場となった沖縄が、島々の姿をも変える甚大な被害を被った。」
English: Not only countless precious lives including those of common residents were sacrificed in the war, but also people in Okinawa Prefecture have been suffered hardships for long since the end of the war.'
Japanese: 「一般住民を含むあまたの尊い犠牲者を出したことに加え、戦後も長らく多大の苦労を余儀なくされてきた。」
English: Afterward, he has kept worrying about Okinawa Prefecture as before, making the third visit to Okinawa Prefecture after he ascended the throne.
Japanese: その後も沖縄の関係は薄まることはなく、即位後には三度目の沖縄訪問（行幸）が行われることとなった。
English: As the Emperor Showa was to have visited Okinawa Prefecture in 1987 until he got sick in autumn of the same year, the Japanese government had started the preparation from the previous year by earmarking an extraordinary budget to improve the environment, such as gathering the remains of the war dead in the southern battle site.
Japanese: なお、この昭和62年の訪沖は同年秋に昭和天皇が病臥するまでは天皇の訪沖が予定されていたこともあって、前年から日本の政治は特別予算を組んで南部戦跡の戦死者遺骨収骨作業を行うなど環境の整備に努めた。
English: Furthermore, then Governor of Okinawa Prefecture Junji NISHIME declared, 'I hope that the Emperor's visit may result in the end of the postwar period of Okinawa Prefecture.'
Japanese: さらに西銘知事が「陛下をお迎えして沖縄の戦後を終わらせたい」と宣言した。
English: As for security, learning a lesson from the incident at Himeyuri-no-to Tower, the National Police Agency enforced tight security measures by mobilizing the increased number of police officers dispatched from the mainland.
Japanese: 警備面でもひめゆりの塔事件を教訓として、本土から多数の警察官が応援のため増派、厳戒態勢が取られた。
English: The following remark made by the Emperor Akihito at the rite of audience after the enthronement became a topic; 'Observing the Constitution of Japan with the nation, I sincerely hope for Japan's further prosperity, global peace and the promotion of the welfare of the people.'
Japanese: 即位後朝見の儀での「国民と共に日本国憲法を守り、国運の一層の進展と世界平和、人類の福祉の増進を切に希望して止みません」という発言が話題となる。
English: Letting people confirm that the Constitution of Japan gives a definition of the Emperor, the remark was criticized by a small group of right-wing organizations for its probability of being interpreted as protecting the Constitution.
Japanese: この発言では、天皇の地位が憲法に記されたものであることを確認した一方、護憲とも解釈可能なため一部の右翼勢力から非難された。
English: With a large scale of preparation, for example the imperial throne was brought to the Imperial Palace from Kyoto Imperial Palace, the Enthronement Ceremony was carried out on November 12, 1990.
Japanese: 平成2年（1990年）の即位の礼に際して、京都御所から皇居へ高御座が運ばれるなど大掛かりな準備が行なわれ、11月12日に即位礼正殿の儀が行われた。
English: In contrast to the Emperor Taisho and the Emperor Showa, both of whom held the enthronement ceremony at Kyoto Imperial Palace, the present Emperor held the ceremony in the Imperial Palace to be the first emperor ascended the throne in Kanto region.
Japanese: 大正天皇・昭和天皇とも即位の礼を京都御所で行なっており、今上天皇は、関東の地で即位した初めての天皇である。
English: While the Emperor had already received the members of Self Defense Forces dispatched for the United Nations' peacekeeping operations and those engaged in disaster relief works, it was unprecedented that the Emperor received the members of Self Defense Forces dispatched to a battlefield.
Japanese: 国際連合平和維持活動で派遣された自衛隊員、災害救助にあたった自衛隊員に対する接見はすでに行なっていたが、これは異例のことであった。
English: Moreover, he has received reports and lectures on the affairs of the state more frequently than his father, the Emperor Showa, from people in the political and business worlds, intellectuals and others.
Japanese: また、政財界や学識者からの内奏・進講を、父昭和天皇以上に受けている。