New year greeting by Emperor's family
Prince Akishino(L) and his wife Princess Kiko(R) appear during a new year greeting at the East Plaza, Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Japan, on January 2, 2010. UPI/Keizo Mori
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TOKYO, Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Japan's Prince Hisahito, son of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, turned 3 on Sunday, the Imperial Household Agency says.
TOKYO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Japanese Emperor Akihito Tuesday greeted well-wishers gathered for his 75th birthday celebration at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
TOKYO, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Japanese Emperor Akihito was asked about the touching subject of honoring the dead of World War II at a 73rd birthday news conference in Tokyo.
TOKYO, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Japan's male-only succession law has prompted an expert on the Imperial family to suggest Crown Prince Naruhito formally adopt his month old nephew.
TOKYO, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Hundreds of well-wishers waited outside a Tokyo hospital Friday hoping to catch a glimpse of Japan's newborn Prince Hisahito.
TOKYO, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- The week-old son of Japan's Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko was formally named Hisahito, a name meaning "to live long and at ease in virtue."
TOKYO, Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Japan's Princess Kiko has been hospitalized in Tokyo for the remainder of her pregnancy.
TOKYO, March 7 (UPI) -- About 10,000 people attended a Tokyo rally in favor of keeping the line of succession to Japan's imperial throne exclusive to men. Eighty-six of those in attendance were politicians, some rebuking Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's reform bill that would
TOKYO, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Princess Kiko, the wife of Emperor Akihito's second son Prince Akishino, is expecting a baby in late September, Japan's Imperial Household Agency said Friday.
TOKYO, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi will delay submitting a bill allowing women to succeed to the throne, in light of news of a royal pregnancy.
