Japanese princess reveals fears of life as a commoner
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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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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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Conservatives keen to keep women from   ascending the Chrysanthemum Throne are hoping this week will   bring the answer to their prayers: the birth of Japan's first   imperial male heir in more than four decades.
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TOKYO -- During her many years working for a major Japanese trading company, Michiko Koseki said, she and her female co-workers have suffered a series of indignities both small and large. But the 59-year-old clerical worker was nevertheless shocked a few years ago when her company suddenly decided...
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After years of disappointing speculation about suitors, the engagement of Princess Sayako to a Tokyo city bureaucrat, a commoner, became official today with an announcement by Japanâs Imperial Household Agency.
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Japanese Crown Princess Masako has made a rare appearance in public after months of seclusion as the palace released home videos of her two-year-old daughter.
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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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The number of Japanese homeless is on the rise, and cultural attitudes about age are exacerbating the situation.
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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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Japan's first female defense minister was sworn in Wednesday, pledging to restore trust in the government after her predecessor resigned for suggesting the U.S. atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were inevitable.
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In Japan, the cell phone strap is a form of self-expression. By Lisa Katayama.
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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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After 31 years as a civil servant, Tomomi Yano began to take on Japanâs corporate culture, and has become an unlikely and remarkably successful advocate for shareholder rights.
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Japan's Princess Kiko has given birth to the royal family's first boy in more than 40 years, easing a succession crisis and silencing calls to let a woman lead the world's oldest monarchy.
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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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Raising kids, cooking meals and chatting  to ordinary people -- Empress Michiko&#39;s sweeping changes to  Japan&#39;s ultra-conservative imperial family has made her an  endearing figure to the masses.
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Japan is blurring the line between defensive and offensive military power in spite of its pacifist Constitution, rattling nerves in northeast Asia.