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Japanese Princess Yuriko, wartime Emperor Hirohito's sister-in-law, dies at 101
Born in 1923 as an aristocrat, Yuriko married at age 18 to Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito and the great-uncle of current Emperor Naruhito, months before the start of World War II.
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Prince Hisahito visits imperial graveyard to report high school graduation
Prince Hisahito visited the musashi imperial graveyard on March 20 to pay his respects to Emperor Hirohito.The eldest ...
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Emperor Hirohito and PM Yoshida
Installed as Crown Prince at the age of fifteen, Hirohito assumed the "Chrysanthemum Throne" in 1926 with the death of his father, the Emperor Yoshihito (now known as the Taisho Emperor ...
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Japanese Princess Yuriko, wartime Emperor Hirohito's sister-in-law, dies aged 101
It did not announce the cause of death. Born in 1923 as an aristocrat, Yuriko married at age 18 to Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito and the great-uncle of current Emperor Naruhito ...