On 21st September, HIH Princess Mako of Akishino visited the 65th Exhibition of Japanese Tradtiional Industrial Art took place in Tokyo. HIH Princess Mako also attended the commendation ceremony and the reception of the exhibition.
HIH Princess Mako is the President of Japan Kogei (Industrial Art) Association.
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On 12th September, HIH Princess Kiko of Akishino visited Aomori Prefecture to attend the convention to celebrate the 130th anniversary of the establishment of Aomori Branch of Japanese Red Cross Society.
HIH Princess Kiko is the Honorary Vice President of Japanese Red Cross Society.
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On 7th September, HIH Crown Prince Naruhito departed for French Republich. The members of Imperial Family gave him a send-off at Crown Prince Residence.
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On 6th September, HIH Prince Hisahito turned 12 years old.
[NEWS] Prince Hisahito, set to be 2nd in line to throne, turns 12
Text from The Mainichi
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Prince Hisahito, Emperor Akihito’s grandson and soon-to-be second in line to the Chrysanthemum throne following the abdication of the emperor next spring, turned 12 on Thursday.
After the 84-year-old emperor abdicates next April 30, his eldest son Crown Prince Naruhito will ascend the throne the following day, and his brother Prince Fumihito — the only other member of his generation in the Japanese imperial family — will become first in line to succeed him.
Prince Hisahito, so far the only male of his generation, will then become second in line.
Imperial House Law states that only males with male lineal descent from emperors can ascend the throne.
Prince Hisahito is currently a sixth-grade student at Ochanomizu University Elementary School in Tokyo and keen on learning about the history of war.
On Aug. 10, Prince Hisahito and his mother Princess Kiko visited a cenotaph for the atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima, devastated by a U.S. nuclear bomb on Aug. 6, 1945.
After visiting the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, the prince talked with an 80-year-old female atomic bomb survivor and wrote a report on what he learned for his homework.
The prince often enjoys playing “hand baseball,” a baseball game without a bat, with his friends after school. He is also interested in studying kanji, as the Chinese characters used in writing Japanese are called.
The imperial family is discussing his education after graduating from elementary school next March. Princess Mako and Princess Kako, the two elder sisters of Prince Hisahito, both have studied abroad.
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On 2nd September, HIH Princess Kako of Akishino attended the opening ceremony of the 30th International Olympiad in Informatics took place in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
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On 1st September, HIH Prince Fumihito and HIH Princess Kiko of Akishino attended the memorial service for the victims of Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in 1923 took place in Tokyo.
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On 25th August, HIH Princess Mako of Akishino attended the 25th All Japan High School Sign Language Speech Contest took place in Tokyo.
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On 13th August, HIH Prince Fumihito and HIH Princess Kiko of Akishino attended the inauguration ceremony of Japan’s delegation for the 18th Asian Games took place in Tokyo.
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On 10th August, HIH Prince Hisahito of Akishino visited Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park for the first time with HIH Princess Kiko. They met with the woman who suffered from the atomic bomb in 1945.
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From 8th August to 9th August, HIH Princess Mako of Akishino visited Tottori Prefecture to attend the ceremony to commemorate the 1300th anniversary of the open of Mt Daisen.
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