By AKIHITO USUI/ Staff Writer
July 17, 2022 at 07:00 JST
Children hold Hinomaru national flags and Rising Sun flags as they march in front of Empress Sadako in Ise, Mie Prefecture, in 1922. (Provided by Kogakkan University)
ISE, Mie Prefecture--Recently discovered film footage from the Taisho Era (1912-1926) shows Empress Sadako visiting Ise Jingu shrine to pray for her husband’s recovery as well as a newlywed in Kyoto who later became Emperor Hirohito. [Read More]
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