Traditional ceremony
Ceremony in Japan: Prince Hisahito is officially grown up
So far, only male members of the imperial family can move to the throne in Japan. Prince Hisahito is second in the order after his father – he could be the last.
With a traditional ceremony in the presence of the Japanese imperial couple, Prince Hisahito was officially recognized on his 19th birthday. For organizational reasons, the ceremony was held a year later, as media reported.
Recordings of the Japanese TV broadcaster NHK showed how the son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko in the imperial palace in Tokyo gets a crown handed over by Emperor Naruhito.
He then walked through the room to the tenno and his wife Masako and expressed his gratitude to them as an adult member to the imperial family.
It was the first ceremony of this kind in around 40 years, as NHK reports. The last one was dedicated to Hisahito’s father Akishino. Akishino (59) is the brother of Emperor Naruhito (65).
Japanese imperial house could stop
Prince Hisahito, who is now studying, is the only son of the crown prince couple, he still has two sisters.
The Japanese court law still prohibits women on the throne. If one day the prince does not get male offspring himself, “the imperial house stops existing,” said emperor expert Ernst Lokowandt.
However, if the court law were changed in such a way that the first -born child – regardless of gender – came to the throne, the problem of young talent would be solved.
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Source: Stern
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