Advertisement

Topic: Prince Akishino

Jump to

Latest Headlines

Top News // 1 decade ago

Week-old Japanese prince named Hisahito

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."

Top News // 1 decade ago

Japanese princess hospitalized

Japan's Princess Kiko has been hospitalized in Tokyo for the remainder of her pregnancy.

Top News // 1 decade ago

10,000 rally to keep males on Japan throne

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

Top News // 1 decade ago

Princess Kiko to give birth in September

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.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Koizumi to suspend royal ascension bill

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.

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

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 royals leave for Ireland, Norway

The emperor and empress of Japan left the country Saturday for an eight-day excursion to Ireland and Norway, Kyodo News reported.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Tokyo remembers 100,000 air raid victims

Tokyo on Thursday held memorial services to mark the 60th anniversary of the U.S. air raid in which about 100,000 people died.

Since his marriage in June 1990, he has held the title of Akishino-no-miya (generally translated into English as Prince Akishino) and headed his own branch of the imperial family.

The prince was born 30 November 1965 at the Aoyama Detached Palace in Tokyo. His given name is Fumihito. His childhood appellation was Prince Aya (礼宮 Aya-no-miya). He attended the elementary and secondary departments of the Gakushuin.

In April 1984, he entered the Law Department of Gakushuin University, where he studied law and biology. After graduating from the university, he studied the taxonomy of fish at St John's College, Oxford University in the United Kingdom from October 1988 to June 1990.

FULL ARTICLE AT WIKIPEDIA.ORG

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Prince Akishino."