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, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- 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.
TOKYO, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- 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.
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TOKYO, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- Speculation ran high across Japan Monday that Princess Kiko will have a male heir to the throne by a Caesarean section this week. Officials with the Imperial Household Agency have repeatedly said no one knows the gender of the child the princess is carryi
