Princess Kiko of Japan Has a Boy
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The birth of a male heir ends for now the debate over whether women should be allowed to ascend JapanÂs throne.
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Japan tunes in to witness creature's birth.
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Princess Nori and her fiance, Yoshiki Kuroda, looked at each other at the press conference, as if to let their exchange of smiles tell how they felt about each other.
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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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TOKYO, Nov. 14. - Princess Nori, the 35-year-old daughter of the Japanese Emperor and Empress, will become engaged to Mr Yoshiki Kuroda (39), a Tokyo metropolitan government official, sources said today.
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Raising kids, cooking meals and chatting to ordinary people -- Empress Michiko's sweeping changes to Japan's ultra-conservative imperial family has made her an endearing figure to the masses.
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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 Sayako, the only daughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, will marry a 39-year-old official working with Tokyo's metropolitan government, press reports said.
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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 celebrates as Princess Kiko gives birth to a baby boy, potentially resolving a crisis over royal succession.
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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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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 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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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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The crown prince of the oil-rich sultanate of Brunei today married a 17-year-old half-Swiss commoner in Asia&#39;s wedding of the year, attended by royalty and dignitaries from around the world.
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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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Princess Sayako, the 35-year-old daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is set to marry Yoshiki Kuroda, a Tokyo metropolitan government official.