Japanese royal baby boy born
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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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American-born basketball player J.R. Henderson has acquired Japanese citizenship in the hope of playing for Japan's national team, Kyodo news agency reported.
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Princess Sayako, the 35-year-old only  daughter of Japan's emperor and empress, has become engaged to  a commoner and will marry late next year, the nation's top  courtier said on Thursday.
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NASU - Crown Princess Masako arrived in the resort of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, with Crown Prince Naruhito and their daughter Princess Aiko on Friday as she continues to recuperate from a stress-induced illness, the Imperial Household Agency said.
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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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After a year of death, illness and internal rifts, Japan&#39;s royal family is ending 2004 on a brighter note, with confirmation yesterday that Princess Sayako, the emperor&#39;s only daughter, is to marry a Tokyo civil servant next summer.
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Japan's Princess Kiko goes into the delivery room for a Caesarean birth, amid hopes she will have a boy and heir.
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The gold medal won by Japan&#39;s male gymnastics team signaled not only the first such win in 28 years, but also the first time both a father and son have won gold in gymnastics.
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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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Shinzo Abe, an advocate of tighter ties   with Washington and a bigger say for Japan in world affairs,   was elected Japan's prime minister by parliament on Tuesday,   becoming at 52 the youngest Japanese leader since World War   Two.
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SEPANG: Japan&#39;s rising son of MotoGP racing Makoto Tamada stole the thunder from the championship contenders when he blazed to a new track record on the first day of qualifying of the Marlboro
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The oldest member of the Japanese Royal family, Princess Takamatsu, dies of blood poisoning at a hospital in Tokyo.
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Arshad  is going to be  a father all over again. "Yup, the baby is due in May. I really want a  girl this time. We've told our son Zeke it's  his baby.
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Japan tunes in to witness creature's birth.
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Japan&#39;s Imperial Household Agency officially announced today that a Tokyo city bureaucrat is engaged to wed Princess Sayako. The 35-year-old princess is the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.
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Prince Edward, Queen Elizabeth II's youngest son, has named his second child James, Buckingham Palace said Friday.
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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.