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Naruhito at his Ceremony for Proclamation of Crown Prince (Rikkōshi-Senmei-no-gi) in 1991 As the crown prince he was a patron of the 1998 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Paralympics . He is also a supporter of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and in 2006 attended the 14th Nippon Jamboree , the Japanese national jamboree organized ...
Crown Prince and Princess Akishino have two daughters (one of whom remains a member of the Imperial Family) and a son: Princess Kako of Akishino (born 29 December 1994), the second daughter of the Crown Prince Akishino. Prince Hisahito of Akishino (born 6 September 2006), the first male born to the Imperial Household since his father 41 years ...
On January 24, 2005, the Japanese government announced that it would consider allowing the Crown Prince and Princess to adopt a male child, in order to avoid a possible "heir crisis". Adoption from other male-line branches of the Imperial Line is an age-old imperial Japanese tradition for dynastic purposes, prohibited only in modern times by ...
The following is a family tree of the emperors of Japan, from the legendary Emperor Jimmu to the present monarch, Naruhito. [1]Modern scholars have come to question the existence of at least the first nine emperors; Kōgen's descendant, Emperor Sujin (98 BC – 30 BC?), is the first for whom many agree that he might have actually existed. [2]
The terms Tennō ('Emperor', 天皇), as well as Nihon ('Japan', 日本), were not adopted until the late 7th century AD. [6] [2] In the nengō system which has been in use since the late 7th century, years are numbered using the Japanese era name and the number of years which have elapsed since the start of that nengō era. [7]
Amid the pomp and pageantry of Japan's recent state visit to the U.K., King Charles and Emperor Naruhito of Japan appeared to be thick as thieves as they carried out the first day of royal ...
HM The Empress Emerita (Michiko), the mother of Naruhito and the consort of Akihito; HIH The Crown Prince Akishino (Fumihito), the younger brother of Naruhito and the second son of Akihito and Michiko; HIH The Crown Princess Akishino (Kiko), the consort of Fumihito; HIH The Princess Toshi (Aiko), the only child of Naruhito and Masako
In an emergency, Prince Takamatsu was intended to assume the regency for his nephew the Crown Prince. [17] In July 1944, though the hopelessness of Japan's war effort became clear after the loss of Saipan, the emperor persisted in defending Prime Minister Tojo and his government and refused to dismiss him.