Japan royal baby named Hisahito
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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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Japan&#39;s Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko were to be the guests of honour at a dinner with Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday, at the end of a three-day visit to Britain.
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TOKYO: Japan&#39;s Emperor Akihito marked his 71st birthday with a sombre address, reflecting an unhappy year which has seen the nation hit by natural disasters and controversies in the royal household.
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Japan&#39;s Crown Prince Naruhito was admitted to a hospital for planned surgery to remove a benign growth in his intestines, the palace said.
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The royal family will be a little larger by December, Buckingham Palace said Monday, announcing that Prince Edward's 42-year-old wife, Sophie, is expecting the couple's second child.
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Japanese Emperor Akihito has expressed pain 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'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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New York gets a chrysanthemum exhibition fit for Japanese royalty.
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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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Princess Nori, the daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, will marry a Tokyo Metropolitan Government official, the Imperial Household Agency said Sunday.
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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'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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Prince Edward and his wife Sophie are  expecting their second child later this year, Buckingham Palace  said on Monday.
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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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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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A cousin of Japan&#39;s Emperor Akihito known for his staunch opposition to allowing a woman on the throne has been diagnosed an alcoholic in the latest health problem for the family, the palace said Friday.
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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.