Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan
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Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan (皇太子徳仁親王 Kōtaishi Naruhito Shinnō, born 23 February 1960) is the elder son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, which makes him the heir apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne.
Naruhito is expected to succeed his father as Emperor on 1 May 2019, following the latter's abdication on 30 April 2019. According to Japan's traditional order of succession, if he ascends the throne on that date, he will become the 126th emperor of the world's oldest monarchy. He will also become Japan's first emperor to have been born after World War II.At the naming of the new Japanese era on 1 April 2019, it was announced that Naruhito will reign over the Reiwa (令和) era
Naruhito first met Masako Owada at a tea for Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo in November 1986] during her studies at the University of Tokyo. The prince was immediately captivated by her, and arranged for them to meet several times over the next few weeks. Because of this, they were pursued relentlessly by the press throughout 1987.
Despite the Imperial Household Agency's disapproval of Masako, and her attending Balliol College, Oxford, for the next two years, Naruhito remained interested in Masako. He would go on to propose to her three times before the Imperial Palace announced their engagement on 19 January 1993. The wedding took place on 9 June the same year at the Imperial Shinto Hall in Tokyo before 800 invited guests, including many of Europe's heads of state and royalty, and an estimated media audience of 500 million people around the world.
After the wedding, the couple moved into the Tōgū Palace, on the Akasaka Estate in Minato, Tokyo.
By the time of their marriage, Naruhito's grandfather Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) had died and so on 23 February 1991 Naruhito was invested as the Crown Prince with the title Prince Hiro (浩宮 Hiro-no-miya).
The legacy of Japan's Emperor Akihito
Emperor Akihito, 85, will step down at the end of April, becoming the first Japanese emperor to abdicate in modern history. He will be replaced by his 59-year-old son, Crown Prince
Naruhito.Source: CNN
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Japan Crown Prince Naruhito speaks to #ADB50 participants
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Japan's Naruhito: From Crown Prince to Emperor
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Naruhito's family photos
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Japan's Emperor-to-be Prince Naruhito's most touching family moments
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Naruhito
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Naruhito
Naruhito, original name Hironomiya Naruhito, (born February 23, 1960, Tokyo, Japan), crown prince of Japan. At birth, Naruhito became heir presumptive to the Japanese imperial throne, being the eldest son of Akihito, then the crown prince, and his wife, Michiko, and grandson of the emperor Hirohito. His status was elevated to that of crown prince in 1989 (formally invested on February 23, 1991), following the death of his grandfather and the ascension of his father to the throne.
Naruhito was raised in the imperial palace in central Tokyo and attended Gakushuin University in the city, graduating in 1982 with a bachelor’s degree in history. He enrolled in a graduate program at Gakushuin but interrupted his studies to spend two years (1983–85) in England researching marine transportation at Merton College, Oxford. Naruhito was the first heir to the Japanese throne to study abroad, and, in addition to pursuing his schoolwork, he was exposed to such ordinary activities as doing his own laundry and using a credit card. Upon returning to Japan, he completed part of a doctoral program in Japanese history at Gakushuin in 1988. He maintained ties with the university, becoming a guest researcher in 1992 and teaching the occasional class there.
Naruhito first met Owada Masako, his future bride, in 1986. He reportedly was quickly attracted to her, but she hesitated at engaging in a courtship. At that time Owada, a commoner, was a diplomat with the government’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and she was reluctant to give up her successful career. She finally accepted the now-crown prince’s proposal in late 1992, and the two were married in June 1993 in a highly publicized ceremony that was broadcast worldwide. The couple’s one child, Princess Aiko, was born in 2001.
Naruhito had hoped that the couple would be less bound by the reclusive and traditional strictures of the Imperial Household Agency, and in their first years of marriage he and his wife were able to travel together. However, the increasing pressure for Masako to bear a male heir—especially after the birth of their daughter—and life in the imperial palace contributed to the crown princess’s developing a stress-related ailment, which was publicly announced in 2004. Masako largely stayed out of the public eye during much of that time, and Naruhito continued to travel and make public appearances by himself. There was some discussion in the Japanese government about changing the order of imperial succession to allow Aiko to become empress, but that debate was ended by the birth of a son, Prince Hisahito, to Prince Akishino (Naruhito’s younger brother) in 2006. As a result, the imperial succession would pass to Akishino’s branch of the family after Naruhito.