Japan's Princess Kiko Gives Birth to Male Heir
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CHIANG SAEN, Thailand, Sept. 6 -- Japan's Princess Kiko gave birth Wednesday to a male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne, ending a potential crisis of succession in the world's oldest continuous monarchy and likely forestalling a heated debate over whether female royals should be granted the right to...
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Japan&#39;s imperial family finally had good news yesterday when it announced that the emperor&#39;s only daughter is to marry. The news was greeted with joy in Japan, where many had worried
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THE first Japanese princess to marry outside the Royal family in 45 years said yesterday she was anxious about starting life as a commoner, but her husband-to-be said he would help her cope.
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Dignitaries and blue bloods from around the world began arriving today for the lavish nuptials of the crown prince of the tiny, oil-rich sultanate of Brunei, in what is expected to be Asiaâs wedding of the year.
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Prince Edward and his wife Sophie are expecting their second child later this year, Buckingham Palace said on Monday.
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Japan's Princess Kiko will have a baby who could be the royal family's first boy in more than 40 years -- and slam the brakes on moves to let a woman sit on the throne.
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She might be leaving the trappings of imperial life, but when Princess Sayako marries Tokyo bureaucrat Yoshiki Kuroda, the couple won&#39;t be starting out like most newlyweds.
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The Countess of Wessex has given birth to a baby boy, Buckingham Palace announces.
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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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Japan's new Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and his cabinet are formally sworn in by Emperor Akihito.
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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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Japanese Emperor Akihito expressed pain on Thursday that his eldest son had complained publicly about the stress suffered by the crown princess, who is under pressure to produce a male heir to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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Japan has gotten its first glance at Prince Hisahito, the long-awaited new heir to the throne, who had a full head of hair and slept calmly in his mother's arms as he was brought out of the hospital.
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Japan's Princess Kiko is due to give birth by Caesarean on Wednesday, amid hopes she will have a boy and heir.
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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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Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Latvia Friday on the third leg of a European tour that has taken members of the Japanese royal family into former Soviet territory for the first time.
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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.