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Japan's oldest royal, Princess Yuriko, wartime Emperor Hirohito's sister-in-law, dies at 101
Princess Yuriko became the sister-in-law of Japan's World War II-era Emperor Hirohito when she married his brother Prince Mikasa.
Princess Yuriko — the Oldest Member of Japan’s Imperial Family — Dies at 101
Princess Yuriko of Japan, the Imperial Family’s eldest member, died at 101 years old on Nov. 15 at a Tokyo hospital. Her health had taken a sharp decline after a stroke and pneumonia in March of this year.
Princess Mikasa, sister-in-law of Emperor Hirohito, passes away at 101
Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of the Japanese royal family, died at 101 after being hospitalized since March. Born Yuriko Takagi in 1923, she married Prince Takahito and had five children.
‘Rapidly Dwindling Imperial Family’: Japanese Princess Yuriko Dies At 101
Japanese Princess Yuriko has passed away at the age of 101 following a recent decline in her health, according to palace officials.
Japanese Princess Yuriko Dies at 101
Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. She was 101.
Japanese Princess Yuriko, wartime Emperor Hirohito's sister-in-law, dies at 101
Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently
Oldest member of Japan's royal family, Princess Yuriko, dies at 101
Princess Yuriko became the sister-in-law of Japan's World War II-era Emperor Hirohito when she married his brother Prince Mikasa.
Japanese Princess Yuriko, oldest member of imperial family, dies at 101
Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. She was 101.
Japan's Princess Yuriko, the Oldest Member of the Imperial Family, Dies at Age 101
Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese Imperial Family, passed away on Friday, November 15 at age 101. The cause of her death was old age, the Imperial Household Agency said, with Japanese papers reporting she had been experiencing deteriorating health since last week,
Japan's Princess Mikasa, great aunt to emperor, dies aged 101
Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of Japan's royal family and great aunt to the emperor, died aged 101 on Friday in a Tokyo hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said.
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In pictures: When a Japanese prince visited Malta
In 1921, the heir to the throne of Japan, Crown Prince Hirohito, visited Malta as part of a wider European tour. Diminutive and shy, he spoke no European language properly – only the slightest ...
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INTERVIEW/ Takumi Sato: Japan should stop acting like World War II ended on Aug. 15
These features center around Aug. 15, the date when Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender in the war. But Takumi Sato, professor of media history at Sophia University, argues that war ...
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Hirohito Ogi
Hirohito Ogi is Senior Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Initiative and the Institute of Geoeconomics (IOG), the International House of Japan (IHJ). He served at the Ministry of Defence and ...