Japanese princess has baby boy: official
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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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The first boy to be born into Japan's   imperial family in nearly 41 years was named Prince Hisahito on   Tuesday in a private ceremony at the Tokyo hospital where his   mother is recovering from a Caesarean section, the Imperial   Household Agency said.
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Japan&#39;s littlest princess turned three on Wednesday as authorities grappled with the issue of whether to make legal changes that would one day allow her ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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Japan's Princess Kiko has given birth to a son, likely postponing a long-running debate over whether Japanese law should be changed to allow women to succeed to the throne, the imperial palace announced Wednesday.
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The baby is due in March next year but the couple do not know if it will be a boy or a girl. &quot;This is fantastic news,&quot; they said in a statement.
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Japan's Princess Kiko gave birth to a boy early Wednesday, providing the centuries-old Chrysanthemum Throne with its first male heir in more than 40 years, the palace announced.
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Japan's Princess Kiko gave birth on   Wednesday to a baby boy -- the first male heir to be born into   the ancient imperial family in more than four decades, the   Imperial Household Agency said on Wednesday.
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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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TOKYO - Princess Sayako, the 35-year-old daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, will marry Yoshiki Kuroda, an official of the Tokyo metropolitan government, well-placed sources said Sunday.
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The birth of Princess Kiko's son ensures the continuation of the royal line. But the news shows how far women still have to go, even in modern Japan
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Bulgarian princess Kalina, the only daughter and youngest child of former exiled king Simeon Saxe Coburg, gave birth to a baby boy early Wednesday in Sofia, the royal family spokesman Galya Dicheva told AFP.
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Sophie, Countess of Wessex, the wife of Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son Prince Edward, gave birth to a baby boy on Monday, Buckingham Palace said.
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The first Japanese princess to marry outside the royal family in 45 years said on Thursday she was a little bit anxious about starting life as a commoner, but her husband-to-be said he would help her cope.
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Tokyo, Nov. 15: The news that Princess Sayako, will wed at 35 after years of hesitation was welcomed today by many in Japan who fear that sagging marriage and birth rates has left the country headed for a demographic crisis.
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Japan's long-awaited male heir to its Chrysanthemum throne was named Hisahito &#151; meaning "virtuous, calm and everlasting" &#151; in an age-old imperial rite in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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Princess Sayako, the 35-year-old only daughter of the Japanese emperor, is set to marry a commoner and leave the imperial family, Japanese media said on Sunday.
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Japan put on hold the long-awaited announcement that Princess Sayako would become the last of the emperor's children to marry after the oldest royal, Princess Kikuko, died at age 92.