Japan: Foreign Dignitaries Attend Emperor Akihito's Enthronement-Leftist Radicals Scuffle With Police

Record ID: 3399

  • Title: Japan: Foreign Dignitaries Attend Emperor Akihito's Enthronement-Leftist Radicals Scuffle With Police
  • Date: 12th November 1990
  • Summary: Royalty, heads of state and other dignitaries from nearly 160 countries watched on November 12 as Japan's Emperor Akihito was formally enthroned in Tokyo. Elsewhere in Tokyo, hundreds of leftists tried to disrupt the imperial occasion, launching arson attacks at religious shrines and on suburban trains and firing home-made missiles into streets near the palace.
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  • Location: JAPAN TOKYO IMPERIAL PALACE
  • Reuters ID: LDL0011RWM5C7
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