Japanese Princess Engaged to Tokyo Office Worker
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Princess Sayako, the 35-year-old only daughter of Japan&#39;s emperor and empress, has become engaged to a commoner and will marry late next year, the nation&#39;s top courtier said on Thursday.
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JAPANâS troubled imperial family was finally able to celebrate yesterday as Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito, and Yoshiki Kuroda, a Tokyo urban planner who lives with his mother, announced their engagement.
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Japan celebrates as Princess Kiko gives birth to a baby boy, potentially resolving a crisis over royal succession.
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Japan's Princess Kiko gave birth on  Wednesday to a baby boy, the first imperial male heir to be  born in more than four decades and the answer to the prayers of  conservatives keen to keep women off the ancient throne.
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Japan's new imperial baby has been named Hisahito in a traditional ceremony in hospital in the capital, Tokyo.
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Princess Aiko, the only child of Japan's imperial heir, marked her third birthday Wednesday amid speculation about legal changes that would allow her to one day ascend the ancient Chrysanthemum Throne.
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There was a rare piece of good news for the Japanese royal family yesterday when it was reported that the emperor and empress&#39;s only daughter is to marry a commoner.
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Japan's Crown Princess Masako, who  officials say is suffering from a mental disorder caused by the  stress of adapting to royal life, may emerge from months of  seclusion in September to attend a wedding in the tiny  southeast Asian nation of Brunei, a court official said on  Tuesday.
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Japan's Princess Kiko entered the operating room to deliver her third child early Wednesday, news reports said, as the nation anxiously awaited word on whether the imperial family will have its first male heir in four decades.
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TOKYO -- Princess Kiko gave birth to a boy early today, providing the centuries-old Chrysanthemum Throne with its first male heir in more than 40 years, the palace announced.
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The Japanese Emperor arrived in Britain Sunday for a three-day visit that will see him carry out engagements including dinner with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.
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Japan's Crown Princess Masako, who turned 41 on Thursday, said she is recovering from a psychological disorder brought on by the pressures of royal life, but won't resume her official duties for "some time."
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Japan's Emperor Akihito and his wife,   Empress Michiko, got the first glimpse on Sunday of their baby   grandson, the first male heir born into the imperial family in   more than four decades.
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Japanese wife, Hitomi Soga, resolving a diplomatic headache for Japan and its close ally, the United States. Japan has asked for leniency out of sympathy for Jenkins wife.
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_ Royalty and dignitaries from around the world filled the palace Thursday for the marriage of Brunei&#39;s crown prince to a 17-year-old half-Swiss commoner in what was likely to be Asia&#39;s wedding of the year.
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Japan's Princess Kiko gave birth to the royal family's first boy in more than 40 years, the palace said, easing a long-running succession crisis.
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Japan&#39;s Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito, will marry Yoshiki Kuroda, a friend of hers from childhood and a civil servant at the Tokyo metropolitan government