live from the past. this is d. w. news coming up the contents ceremony in japan as heard that he took the throne to that is one major part of a year long process of ascension. and troubles for thailand's monarchy between changes his mind was giving his welcome sort of all titles and ranks and accusing her of disloyalty to look at a dramatic fall from grace. plus all these speeches under

a blanket of plastic we'll see how locals are taking action to save indonesia's paradise island. i'm melissa chana welcome to news asia thanks for joining us we started japan and the in throne and of emperor not a veto back in may his father had abdicated the 1st abdication for the country in 2 centuries and the son had succeeded to the throne it turns out that was just the 1st step in a mall type step process a very ceremonial and traditional affair on tuesday a bigger event attended by royalty from around the world took place.

and he is revealed sitting on the throne quite literally. followed by his wife and christmas also in that is a separate ghalia those invited to attend mostly watched from a distance only a few people were actually permitted in the state room to see hear his proclamation . sucking. all you know heritage imperial status based on jeff anees constitution. as well as on japanese imperial household law. i hereby proclaim in and outside of the country so that i have in throne night i say made us. japan's prime minister shinzo a welcome to not a tito to the throne feel she. can go ahead come up under. the known.

so what do we know about and. the truth is not too much he's lived a very quiet and private life. the eldest son of then crown prince actually hito there a veto entered the world already an heir apparent but though his fate was clear his journey to the throne has been one of many firsts he was the 1st crown prince to be born after the 2nd world war and unlike those that came before him the new emperor in waiting grew up at home with his family raced solely by his parents. after attending an elite school in tokyo narrow he to became the 1st japanese prince to study abroad reading medieval european history and economics at oxford university he brings to the throne and unusual broad range of experience for japanese royalty

back in japan he would and one of the affection of masako harvard an oxford educated diplomat she reluctantly agreed to abandon her career to marry in 1993 but over the years misako battled depression and was eventually diagnosed with adjustment disorder there he took promised to protect her with all his might from the strains of royal life. the pair had a baby girl princess i coal in 2001 the devoted father narrow he too was often seen attending his school and sporting events under the current law as a girl i call cannot be next in line. narrow he chose brother crown prince a kiss you know currently holds that title. but for now all the attention remains on the new emperor nero hito says he wants to carry on his father's devotion to peace and compassion for the people he ascends the throne as japan's 126 tempera

marking the start of a new imperial air on known as riaa wa. for more we have journalist sonia blast in tokyo so now you were actually in thrown in ceremony tell us a little bit more about what you saw. i was actually right next to the state room where the ceremony took place we were in the box which analysed just that we know between us and what happened there that we were able to see behind the throne which might not have been visible through the regular television pictures so after the guests arrived and were positioned in front of the 2 thrones the emperor behind the throne and there he had to take off his shoes actually and then he entered the throne which is actually not a throne like you imagine in europe which is just a big chair but it's more like a pedestal with a roof and close with curtains so he went inside. this this throne

and later the curtains were opened and he gave his speech and then the prime minister if his speech and this was followed again by the very ceremonial leaving office over an extremely elaborate multilayer it's a key moment with me very that we've been with very very long greats like 3 meters long and said. now our report mentions that the emperor has a daughter but next in line actually is his brother tell us a little bit more about the succession conundrum the royal family i tend not to allow an empress alone to head the royal household is that correct will they change it's the 21st century after all. oh yes. well back in the days that there have been emphasis on throne but that was changed 150 years ago to only allow men on the throne and it doesn't seem like the perms

a conservative government is willing to allow women back on the throne at the moment the next in line is trump and you know and then the next move the 13 year old prince and like i said he's 13 years old there's a lot of pressure for cutie basically. he has 2 sisters all assistance but when they marry they marry colonists they have to leave the imperial family and that's it so slowly but surely the family is getting smaller and smaller and unless they do actually change something allow them either to stay. or maybe resurrect the previous sidelines of the in perth family. yes then there's the risk of this really really old hereditary right monarchy and to die out now this affair isn't over i understand there's some kind of secret ceremony that's going to take place next month it is secret so i don't know how much we know about it what do we know. well it's not as if you're the more i guess because it

will actually follow to large degree what happened. with the case and for 30 years ago so they will build. a number of buildings on the palace grounds oh they're going to the 10 will. spend the night in dining together and with the sound of this so this this next ceremony is called nigel's i believe means the big feast and they will ask fishermen and farmers from the whole country to send in their produce he will feast with the sun goddess and then later we'll embark on a pig and his foresights in the whole country so more of a private affair at least part of it so new glasgow in tokyo thank you there's a different kind of royal drama in thailand where team i have a juror long corn has removed his junior wife of her titles and military ranks just 3 months after

a quaint as royal concert its uses her of disloyalty and of seeking to undermine his senior wife clean city to. win see not one much here a park became the king's consulate in july she entered the secretive in a circle of thailand's powerful volume family. keep excess so also known as the 34 year old used to be an army nurse trained pilot bodyguard and a major general for several years she was seen at the side of the king but this you see not status was formally recognized on the king's birthday she was to 1st woman to receive a royal noble consulate in nearly a century. but we all know it was short lived on monday the palace announced that it was stripping her off all her official titles and ranks. really high court attack on labor all by the her royal noble conflict so not only is ungrateful. and

behaves in her eyes it unbecoming of her title that are not equal and the palace says sunni not try to block the king's long term partner citied or to become queen that didn't happen the king then appointed city not assists official consort but she was in quote satisfied and did everything to be equal to the queen the dramatic downfall of singing not distant many in thailand but the country's strict defamation laws mean there is little open comment on the king's move. the best we can do is acknowledge the situation it and talk about it online whether it's on facebook or twitter. but no one dares to criticize it in public. safety has become a trending hashtag on social media a user criticizes that the accused does not even have the right to explain the

allegations. for now seanie not staying out of the public eye and thailand's royals are not expected to comment further one of the worst offenders when it comes to managing plastic waste is indonesia with some $700000.00 islands indonesia has a lot of coastline which means that plastic ends up flowing out to sea and washing up on its beaches. the ugly side of indonesia's tourist paradise. here in bali untreated waste most of it plastic piles up on the island's pristine beaches. the destruction of bali's natural beauty as volunteers or trash talk to clean up the beaches. but they're working against a top of ignorance. the ngos says many people are simply unaware of the problem. but a binge on. the issue of littering hasn't been widely discussed so it was quite

difficult for us to educate people on that people assume that what we say isn't important they listen to us half heartedly especially at the beginning of the angioplasty movement in bali around 2010 bodies and what it was we wanted to become but in the us. trash talk organizes workshops and up a form and says in their campaign to change people's consumer habits. and they're having some success last year bali's local government issued a new law to restrict the use of disposable plastic shoppers now have to bring their own eco friendly bags to supermarkets for the most part the measure has been accepted by customers and also the stores. that you. can't get out we've told suppliers about possible techniques and methods to handle products without plastic. like. some of us used banana leaves to wrap items.

are still having a hard time with some products especially old gani or hydroponic wines because we use plastic containers for these. but we'll try to use non-plastic options in the future but i don't get it not that. trash talk admits there's still a long way to go but with support for their campaign now growing they hope bali's natural beauty will soon be bouncing back. that's our show for today thanks for watching the next time and i. i am personally yourself by a long long it's not easy to go to another country you know nothing about the wife of am do this because we can't stay on venezuela i'm not going on the subway that. closely global news that matters d.w. made for mines. to france dear antone duces seen here when your mother was born in

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