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Awarded by Japan, the prize consists of ten million yen, or about $99,000, and a medal. Both will be presented on November 28 at a ceremony in Tokyo, attended by Emperor and Empress Akihito...
Sidestepping the political and economic frictions that have abraded U.S.-Japanese relations of late, President Clinton welcomed Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko to the White House -- and to his Administration's first state dinner -- for a day of ceremony focused on goodwill and cooperation...
Amid increasingly strained U.S.-Japanese relations, Emperor Akihito and his wife Empress Michiko arrived in Atlanta to begin a 16-day goodwill visit...
With a parade of receptions intended to showcase American cuisine and the Clinton style of entertaining, the President and First Lady are tonight throwing their first official state dinner for Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. The imperial couple arrived in the Green Room, faced a reception in the Yellow Oval Room, then white-tie state dinner in the Rose Garden, and finally an after-dinner coffee in the Blue Room. Substantive issues between the two countries were not on the plate. The monarch's role in Japan is purely ceremonial...
...father had warned me that my family would be very poor, that I should expect little. He was mistaken. I, the daughter of a long-lost brother who had found success in America, was treated and fed like an empress. My uncle had made a special trip to the wharf, to buy my father's favorite fish for my welcome dinner. At dinner my cousins kept me supplied with the biggest piece of fish, the biggest shrimp, the biggest crab. Later, when he learned I had liked the Hami melons in Xinjiang, Li Gan made a special trip...