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9 hours ago · Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at Balliol College in Oxford on June 28, 2024. (Pool photo) (Getty/Kyodo) LONDON (Kyodo) -- Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on ...
9 hours ago · The Imperial couple arrived at the university's Balliol College shortly before noon on Friday. The Empress studied international relations there from 1988 to 1990, when she was an official of the ...
9 hours ago · Bodleian Library, Oxford, England The oldest reading room in Oxford University's magnificent Bodleian Library doubled as the Hogwarts library in three Harry Potter films. The next-door vaulted Divinity School became Hogwarts hospital, admitting students for broomstick injuries, curses and back-firing spells.
9 hours ago · In addition to being dynamic centers of production, Mongolian Buddhist communities in the early 20th century provided zones of contact and routes of circulation for persons, ideas, objects, and patronage. Pilgrims, pupils, merchants, diplomats and patrons (and those that were all of these) moved from Mongol hubs such as Urga, Alashan, or ...
1 day ago · A portrait of Harold Wilson, painted by the Scottish portrait artist Cowan Dobson, hangs today at University College, Oxford. Two statues of Harold Wilson stand in prominent places. The first, unveiled by the then prime minister Tony Blair in July 1999, stands outside Huddersfield railway station in St George's Square, Huddersfield.
9 hours ago · 43 mins ago. Japan's Emperor Naruhito planted a cherry tree at Oxford University on Friday in the gardens of the college where he was once a student. Naruhito was joined by Empress Masako for his return to Merton College, where he studied for a postgraduate history degree between 1983 and 1985. Masako also studied at Oxford's Balliol College a ...
9 hours ago · Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Friday visited the Oxford University colleges where they studied decades ago, before wrapping up their trip to Britain and leaving for home. Recalling his days as a student at Oxford around 40 years ago, the emperor expressed hope that young people in Japan can also experience studying abroad and ...
