King Charles III has welcomed the Japanese emperor and empress for a state visit offering the best in pomp and circumstance. The U.K. seeks to bolster its role as the most influential European nation in the Indo-Pacific region.
Japan’s Emperor Naruhito was welcomed by Britain’s King Charles III on Tuesday during his state visit to the UK. The trip, originally planned for 2020, was intended to be the emperor’s first overseas visit after he ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019 but was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
He chronicled the interest in his memoir “The Thames and I,” together with his fondness for Britain and its people. The future emperor got a chance to experience life outside the palace walls, including doing his own ironing, going to the bank and taking part in pub crawls. Tuesday’s ceremonial welcome seemed warm. Charles and Naruhito, who have known each other for years, settled into the back of a carriage and chatted like old chums.Japanese emperor to reconnect with the River Thames in state visit meant to bolster ties with UKBoth countries look to each other as a source of stability and mutual reassurance at a time of potentially destabilizing global political change.
“We’ve had a long history of engagement,’' said John Nilsson-Wright, the head of the Japan and Koreas program at the Centre for Geopolitics at the University of Cambridge. “But ... this current visit a reflection of both the personal ties of affection between the two royal families perhaps most importantly of all, the geopolitical significance of the relationship.”
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