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Japan Emperor Expected To Attend Queen Elizabeth’s Funeral

TUE, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Government Is Making Arrangements For Emperor Naruhito To Visit Britain To Attend The State Funeral Of Queen Elizabeth II. According To Government Sources, Empress Masako May Also Attend The Funeral If Her Health Permits.

If the visit is realized, it would be the Emperor’s first trip abroad since his accession to the Imperial throne.

It is extremely unusual for an Emperor to attend a funeral in a foreign country. The only other occasion was in 1993 when the then Emperor, now the Emperor Emeritus, visited Belgium to attend the state funeral of King Baudouin, with whom he had a long-standing friendship.

In light of the Queen and the Imperial family interacting for nearly 70 years over three generations — the Emperor Showa, the Emperor Emeritus and the current Emperor — the government is also hurrying to coordinate other attendees.

The Emperor’s visit to Britain was originally planned as his first trip abroad since his accession to the throne after he was invited by the Queen. But it was postponed due to the spread of the coronavirus.

The Imperial Household Agency said Saturday that the Emperor and Empress, as well as the Emperor Emeritus and Empress Emerita, were observing a period of mourning from Friday the 9th through Sunday the 11th following the death of the Queen. The imperial couples are said to have been deeply saddened by the news of her passing.

The Japan News

Asia News Network

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Ukraine Has Retaken 6,000 Sq Km Of Land – Zelenskiy

TUE, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy Said On Monday That Ukrainian Forces Had Retaken 6,000 Square Km. Of Russian-Held Territory Since The Beginning Of The Month.

“Since the beginning of September and up to today, our fighters have liberated more than 6,000 square km of the territory of Ukraine in the south and in the east,” Zelenskiy said in his nightly video. “The advances of our forces continue.”

Ukrainian chief commander General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi said on Sunday his troops had retaken more than 3,000 square km (1,160 square miles) this month.

As thousands of Russian troops pulled back following Ukraine’s gains, leaving behind ammunition and equipment, Russia fired missiles at power stations on Sunday causing blackouts in the Kharkiv and adjacent Poltava and Sumy regions.

Ukraine denounced the strikes as retaliation against civilian targets for Russia’s military setbacks.

“Buildings, hospitals, schools, communal infrastructure. Russian missiles hit precisely those objects that have absolutely nothing to do with the infrastructure of the armed forces of our country,” Zelenskiy said on Monday.

On Monday, Russian strikes again disrupted power and water supply in Kharkiv itself, killing at least one person, its mayor said.

Throughout the day, shelling of residential areas and infrastructure sparked fires in the city, regional emergency services said on Facebook.

Zelenskiy also repeated a call for Russian citizens to be denied tourist visas in European and other countries in his video address on Monday.

“Citizens of the terrorist state can still go to Europe to rest and go shopping, they can still get European visas, and no one knows whether there are executioners or murderers among them,” he said.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that it was still early days in Ukraine’s counteroffensive against the Russian military, but Ukrainian forces have made “significant progress.”

Blinken, in Mexico for economic talks, was asked for his assessment of recent developments in Ukraine.

“What they have done is very methodically planned out and of course, it’s benefited from significant support from the United States and many other countries in terms of making sure that Ukraine has, in its hands, the equipment it needs to prosecute this counteroffensive,” Blinken said.

Blinken said the conflict in Ukraine was likely to continue for some time as Russia still has very significant forces and arms in the country, which it is still using “indiscriminately” against civilians and civilian infrastructure.

A Ukrainian demining unit said it started clearing a village of explosives left by Russian forces near the border with Russia north of Kharkiv on Monday 

Videos obtained by Reuters showed the unit finding and clearing fragments of explosives that were said to be anti-personnel mines using an improvised wooden stick carrying a cut-out plastic bottle on its tip.

Reuters has not independently verified the date and location of the video.

The head of the police unit, Yaroslav Kostin, said his crew had cleared anti-personnel mines in the village of Udy, some seven kilometres from the Russian border, a claim Reuters could not verify.

The demining unit displayed mines, projectiles, and weapons they said they had found near Russian positions in Udy in the nearby town of Zolochiv.

Soldiers returning from Udy said it was still unsafe, littered with land mines, grenades and weapons left behind by fleeing Russian troops, with abandoned farm animals wandering about.

The swift Ukrainian gains in the Kharkiv region have left Moscow facing its most serious defeat since being driven back from the outskirts of the capital Kyiv in the spring. The advance has deprived Russia of vital logistics hubs it had used to supply its forces in eastern Ukraine.

Russia, however, still occupies about a fifth of the country.

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New Zealand May Become A Republic But Not Anytime Soon, Ardern Says

TUE, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

New Zealand Will Not Actively Take Any Measures To Become A Republic In The Short-Term After The Death Of Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Said On Monday, Though She Expects The Pacific Nation Will Eventually Become One.

“I’ve never sensed the urgency. There’s so many challenges we face. This is a large, significant debate. Don’t think it’s one that would or should occur quickly,” Ardern told reporters when asked whether the change in the British monarch will spark talks of republicanism in the country.

New Zealand is one of 15 realms to count the British Monarch as head of state including Australia and Canada, although the role is largely ceremonial. But there has been a debate for some time on whether the Pacific nation should become a republic, with a citizen as the head of state.

“I do believe that is where New Zealand will head in time. I believe it’s likely to occur in my lifetime but I don’t see it as a short-term measure or anything that is on the agenda anytime soon,” Ardern said.

New Zealand will mark the passing of Queen Elizabeth with a state memorial service and a one-off public holiday on Sept. 26, Ardern said. Ardern will represent New Zealand, alongside the Governor General, at the Queen’s funeral, and will leave for London on Wednesday.

The Queen’s passing has also reignited debates over the future of the monarchy across the Tasman Sea in Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who has previously voiced support for a republic, has said his Labor government would not seek a referendum in its first term.

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Scots Pay Tribute To Late Queen And Welcome New King

TUE, SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The Late Queen Elizabeth’s Coffin Was Taken Along The Royal Mile In The Scottish Capital Edinburgh On Monday In A Silent And Solemn Procession Watched By Thousands Of People Paying Their Respects To Britain’s Longest-Serving Monarch.

The oak coffin, draped in the Royal Standard of Scotland and with a wreath of white flowers placed on top, was then carried into St. Giles Cathedral and the crown of Scotland laid on it.

While a grieving crowd – with many people in tears – stood outside, King Charles and other members of the royal family, as well as political leaders and dignitaries, attended a service of thanksgiving for the queen.

The coffin will lie in St Giles’ Cathedral for an overnight vigil before being flown to London on Tuesday.

Queen Elizabeth died on Thursday in her holiday home at Balmoral, in the Scottish Highlands, at the age of 96 after a 70-year reign, plunging the nation into mourning even as it faces an economic crisis and a change of government.

The queen’s coffin arrived from Balmoral on Sunday and stood overnight at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the monarch’s official residence in Scotland.

A bagpipe lament was the only sound as kilted soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Scotland bore the casket from the palace and placed it in the hearse for the short journey to the cathedral.

A gun salute boomed out from a battery on Edinburgh Castle when the hearse moved off and a single round was fired each minute of the procession up the historic street. Other than that there was just silence – except a brief shout from a heckler aimed at Prince Andrew.

Under a sunny sky, King Charles and his siblings – Anne, Andrew and Edward – walked slowly behind the hearse, while the Royal Company of Archers provided the guard of honour.

At the service, folk singer Karen Matheson sang a psalm in Gaelic, while other speakers paid tribute the late queen.

King Charles and his siblings held a silent vigil at the side of their mother Queen Elizabeth’s coffin as it lay at rest in Edinburgh’s historic cathedral with thousands queuing for hours to pay their respects to Britain’s longest-serving monarch.

With their heads bowed, Charles, wearing a kilt, alongside sister Princess Anne and brothers Princes Andrew and Edward, stood solemnly for 10 minutes next to the coffin.

They left the city’s St. Giles Cathedral to applause from onlookers.

Mourners, some weeping, and others with heads bowed or curtsying walked slowly past the coffin after having waited patiently for hours to be allowed into the cathedral.

On Tuesday, the coffin will be flown to London, where on Wednesday it will begin a period of lying in state until Sept. 19 – the day of Elizabeth’s state funeral – on a catafalque at Westminster Hall.

Reuters