Imperial Visits and Okinawa

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko release grunt fry into the sea at the Cherished Sea Festival in Tosa, Kōchi Prefecture, on October 28, 2018. (© Jiji)

Emperor Shōwa attends a ceremony in Tokyo in May 1972 to mark the reversion of Okinawa to Japan. (© Jiji)

Crown Prince Akihito speaks on behalf of his father Emperor Shōwa at the National Sports Festival in Okinawa, Okinawa Prefecture, in October 1987. (© Jiji)