i'll go to the girl back you can't. ignore the current. with the exclusive. mystique concerning harkins culture to your own. curious minds. do it yourself network or. subscribe and don't listen. to this is d w news asia coming up content ceremony in japan as and burned out he totally x. the throne event is one major part of the gear long process of ascension. and troubles for thailand's monarchy the king changes his mind was giving his welkom sort of all titles and ranks and accusing her of disloyalty which will look at her dramatic fall from grace. plus bali's beaches under

a blanket of plastic we'll see how locals are taking action to save indonesia's paradise island. i'm melissa chan and 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 and a multi-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. i inherited imperial status based on jeff uneasy constitution. as well as on japanese imperial household law. i hereby proclaim in and outside of the country so that all i have in throwing like i say made. japan's prime minister shinzo ave is and it welcomed not a veto to the throne. she. turned going to come under. god. 2

so what do we know about and her and the truth is not too much he's lived a very quiet and private life. the eldest son of then crown prince hito narrow hito entered the world already an heir apparent but though his fight 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 hito became the 1st japanese prince to study abroad reading history and economics at oxford university he brings to the throne an unusually broad range of experience for japanese royalty . back in japan he wooed and won the affection of massacre awada

harvard an oxford educated diplomat she reluctantly agreed to abandon her career to marry him in 1903 but over the years massacre battled depression and was eventually diagnosed with adjustment disorder narrow he promised to protect her with all his might from the strains of royal life. the pair had a baby girl princess i call in 2001 the devoted father narrow hito was often seen attending her school and sporting events. under the current law as a go i could cannot be the next in line for now that title rests on merit he took his brother crown prince. but for now all the attention remains on the new emperor farah he says he wants to carry on his father's devotion to peace and compassion for the people he ascend the throne as japan's 126th emperor marking the

start of a new imperial era known as brainwashing. for more we have to earn ilisoni a blast in tokyo so now you were actually in throne 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 analysts 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 with his mission in front of the 2 thrones the emperor behind the throne and there he had to take off his shoes actually and they need into 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 we went inside. this this throne and later the curtains were opened and he gave his speech and in 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 did with very very long breaks like we need just moments and. 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 cannot 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 they 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 movie 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 in another eva to stay. or maybe resurrect previous sidelines of the in perth family. yeah then there's the risk of this really really old i'm here to terry right. and to die out now this is fair 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 and there are the 10 will. spend the night and dine in together with the sun goddess so this is next ceremony is called the idols i believe means the big feast and they were asked fishermen and farmers from the whole country to send in their produce even feast with the somebody is and then later will embark on a pig and his foresights in the whole country so more of a private affair at least part of it so he blushed and tokyo thank you there's a different kind of royal drama in thailand where team i have a juror long court 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 claims to tita. when see not while much of europe park became the king's consulate in july she entered the secretive in a circle of tons powerful value family. keep excess also known as kohli the 34 year old cues 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 the 1st woman to receive a royal noble consulate in nearly a century. but the honor was short lived on monday the palace announced that it was stripping her off all her official titles and ranks but at that very a high creditor got my parole by the her royal naval conflicts and i am not ungrateful. and behaves and i said 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 sunni not as a sufficient consort but she wasn't quote satisfied and did everything to be equal to the queen the dramatic downfall of singing not has stunned 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 and talk about it online whether it's on facebook or twitter. but no one dares to criticize it and public. safety has become a trending hash tag on social media a user criticizes that the accused does not even have the right to explain the allegations but for now senior 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 $17000.00 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 has been volunteers or trash talk to clean up the beaches. but they're working against the tod of ignorance. the ngos says many people are simply unaware of the problem. they put 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 it 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 would do that 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 we're not that. lucky. 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 next time and i. am secure in the they were not hard and in the end this is a me you are not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. when the smugglers were alliance and the what's your story 'd 'd. i mean when i was

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