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Entertainment News // 1 decade ago

Illness stops Princess Aiko birthday party

An Imperial Palace celebration for the seventh birthday of Japan's Princess Aiko has been canceled because the princess is sick, royal officials say.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Japanese royalty at Tokyo hospital

Japanese Crown Princess Masako and Princess Aiko visited Crown Prince Naruhito Saturday at the hospital in Tokyo where he's recovering from surgery.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Female succession on back burner

The Japanese official expected to become the next prime minister dropped a plan to change the succession law even before this week's birth of a male heir.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Princess bears male heir to Japan's throne

The Chrysanthemum Throne acquired a male heir Wednesday when Princess Kiko, wife of the younger son of Emperor Akihito of Japan, gave birth to a boy.

Odd News // 1 decade ago

Japanese princess enters kindergarten

Princess Aiko, the little girl who may become empress of Japan, entered kindergarten Tuesday.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Japan's Princess Kiko reported pregnant

The wife of Japanese Emperor Akihito's second son, Princess Kiko, announced she was pregnant on Tuesday, and due to give birth in September or October.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Potential female monarchy sparks protests

Some 40 Japanese lawmakers joined a Tokyo rally estimated a 1,200 to protest the government's plan to allow women to ascend to the throne, a report said.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Japan's Shintoists oppose female monarch

Some 800 people gathered in Tokyo to protest the Japanese government's plan to move toward allowing women to assume the imperial throne. Most of those who joined the Thursday protest were connected to Shinto shrines, Kyodo News reported.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Japanese monarchy could include females

The Japanese government will present a bill that would authorize females and their descendents to ascend the throne, sources say.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Japan's imperial birthday present

Japan's Princess Aiko, who could become the first female successor to the imperial throne, turned 4 Thursday as the country considered new succession laws.

Aiko, Princess Toshi (敬宮愛子内親王殿下, Toshi no miya Aiko naishinnō denka?), born December 1, 2001, is the first child of Their Imperial Highnesses Crown Prince Naruhito, heir apparent to the Japanese throne, and Crown Princess Masako.

Aiko, the princess's personal name, is written with kanji character for "love" and "child" and means "a person who loves others." She also has an imperial title, Princess Toshi (敬宮 toshi no miya) which means "a person who respects others." This formal title will be dropped if she marries a commoner. The Imperial Household Law of 1947 abolished the Japanese nobility; and under provisions of this law, the imperial family was streamlined to the descendants of Emperor Taishō.

In a break with tradition, the name was chosen by her parents, instead of by the emperor. It was selected from the teaching of the Chinese philosopher Mencius. It reads "A person who loves others will be loved by others, and a person who respects others will always be respected by others."

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