The future Emperor of Japan has celebrated his Sweet 16.
Prince Hisahito of Akishino turned 16 on Tuesday, 6 September.
Hisahito currently attends Senior High School at Otsuka, University of Tsukuba, where he is in his first year. After the school year began in April, the Prince is said to be enjoying his high school education.
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The Imperial Household Agency…
Princess Kako of Japan, the second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, has attended the National Urban Greenery Festival.
It was the first time she had visited a city outside the Tokyo metropolitan area in three years. Princess Kako gave a short…
The Imperial Household Agency has announced that the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Japan will complete the rituals for their investiture on 26 April in a shrine ceremony.
The couple is currently on a tour of three of Japan’s most important prefectures, Mie, Nara…
Prince Hisahito of Japan has attended the entrance ceremony for his high school in the presence of his parents.
The 15-year-old Prince was one of the many students at the ceremony, which took place on Saturday, 9 April, in the school’s gymnasium.
Parents of the students were allowed to be present for the event, which meant that Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko sat amongst…
Prince Hisahito of Japan accused of plagiarism in award-winning essay
22nd February 2022
Prince Hisahito of Japan has been accused of plagiarism in an essay that had made headlines because of the award it brought to its author.
On 15 February, the Imperial Household was approached by The Asahi Shimbun, a magazine devoted to Asian and Japanese topics…
Young heirs of Bhutanese and Japanese thrones meet during latter's first official foreign visit
20th August 2019
The young heirs to the Bhutanese and Japanese thrones met on Monday in Bhutan at the Lingkana Palace in Thimphu.
Prince Hisahito of Japan, 12, is on his first foreign visit alongside his parents, Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko. The Crown Prince Family…
Japan’s Prince Hisahito of Akishino, 12, is due to undertake his first overseas trip to Bhutan alongside his parents, Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko, in August.
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This will mark the second-in-line to the Japanese throne’s first overseas venture. It’s a perfect choice as the Bhutanese and Japanese royals have strong, friendly relations and…
Knives found at Prince Hisahito's school desk days before abdication
28th April 2019
The police in Japan have launched an investigation after two knives were found by the school desk of Prince Hisahito – Emperor Akihito’s 12-year-old grandson. The pink-painted knives were discovered last Friday in a classroom at the junior high school the Prince…
Prince Hisahito of Akishino has begun his junior high education. The 12-year-old Prince attended the entrance ceremony on Monday alongside his parents, Fumihito, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko.
The only grandson of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko is attending a junior…
The 12-year-old only grandson of Emperor Akihito of Japan, Prince Hisahito, has graduated from elementary school.
Prince Hisahito graduated from Tokyo’s Ochanomizu University affiliated elementary school, Ochanomizu University Elementary School, on Friday, 15 March.
The Prince and his parents posed for the press outside his school on Friday with his diploma. His Imperial Highness was…
