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JAPAN'S CROWN PRINCE LEAVES FOR BRAZIL TO MOMMEMORATE EMIGRATION
TOKYO, June 17 (Kyodo) - Crown Prince Naruhito left Haneda airport Monday for a 12-day trip to Brazil to attend a spate of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Japanese emigration to the South American country.
His wife Crown Princess Masako, who is under treatment for a stress-induced adjustment disorder, has decided not to accompany him on the trip as a result of consultation with her doctor.
The crown prince is scheduled to visit such cities as Brasilia, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, tour historic places and museums associated with Japanese settlers, and meet local people including those of Japanese descent residing in the respective cities.
''I would like to meet those who have emigrated and their descendants, and listen to what they have to say,'' the 48-year-old crown prince said at a press conference in Tokyo last week. ''I would also like to see their engagement in the Brazilian community, while thinking about the hardships they had to go through so far.''
Crown Prince Naruhito is set to arrive in Brasilia, the nation's capital, on Tuesday by way of New York. On Wednesday, he is scheduled to give a speech at a commemoration ceremony hosted by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
After moving to Sao Paulo the next day, the crown prince will visit a cenotaph for Japanese settlers in the city.
On Saturday, he will attend another ceremony to celebrate the centennial in which several tens of thousands of people are expected to take part.
The next several days, he is set to visit such places as Maringa and Rio de Janeiro, before returning via Los Angeles to Tokyo on June 27.
This year marks the centennial of the departure of the Kasato Maru from the port of Kobe in western Japan carrying the first group of Japanese emigrants to Brazil in 1908.
Crown Prince Naruhito assumed the post of honorary president of the Japan-Brazil Exchange Year in January. He last visited Brazil in 1982 in his first official trip overseas.
His wife Crown Princess Masako, who is under treatment for a stress-induced adjustment disorder, has decided not to accompany him on the trip as a result of consultation with her doctor.
The crown prince is scheduled to visit such cities as Brasilia, Sao Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, tour historic places and museums associated with Japanese settlers, and meet local people including those of Japanese descent residing in the respective cities.
''I would like to meet those who have emigrated and their descendants, and listen to what they have to say,'' the 48-year-old crown prince said at a press conference in Tokyo last week. ''I would also like to see their engagement in the Brazilian community, while thinking about the hardships they had to go through so far.''
Crown Prince Naruhito is set to arrive in Brasilia, the nation's capital, on Tuesday by way of New York. On Wednesday, he is scheduled to give a speech at a commemoration ceremony hosted by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
After moving to Sao Paulo the next day, the crown prince will visit a cenotaph for Japanese settlers in the city.
On Saturday, he will attend another ceremony to celebrate the centennial in which several tens of thousands of people are expected to take part.
The next several days, he is set to visit such places as Maringa and Rio de Janeiro, before returning via Los Angeles to Tokyo on June 27.
This year marks the centennial of the departure of the Kasato Maru from the port of Kobe in western Japan carrying the first group of Japanese emigrants to Brazil in 1908.
Crown Prince Naruhito assumed the post of honorary president of the Japan-Brazil Exchange Year in January. He last visited Brazil in 1982 in his first official trip overseas.
