H.I.H Princess Kako turns 20, vows to do her best with official duties

[Aepsilons]

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Princess Kako, one of Emperor Akihito's granddaughters, and the younger daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, has vowed on the occasion of her 20th birthday Monday to do her best in the official duties she will take on.

"I should fulfill my duties and put value in every work I receive rather than focus on whether I am interested in it," the princess said at a customary pre-birthday news conference.

The princess is scheduled to appear to the public for the first time as an adult member of the imperial family on Jan. 2 when the emperor, Empress Michiko and other members of the imperial family greet well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo.

Princess Kako, whose father is the second son of the emperor and empress, is scheduled to enroll in the college of liberal arts at International Christian University in Tokyo from next April after she quit Gakushuin University, also in the Japanese capital, in August.

Asked about her decision to change schools, the princess said she decided to study at ICU because of its good liberal arts education.

"I have come to understand the importance of communicating in English and broadening my knowledge" after being more involved in official duties, the princess said.

Princess Kako studied from kindergarten to senior high school at Gakushuin, where imperial family members have traditionally studied.

At the Imperial Palace on Monday morning, the emperor bestowed on the princess the decoration known as the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown.

Dressed in a white robe decollete, with the decoration and a platinum tiara sparkling with diamonds, the princess visited the palace again in the afternoon to greet the emperor and the empress.

A dinner was held for her in the evening at the residence of Prince Akishino with the emperor and empress in attendance.


Princess Kako turns 20, vows to do her best in official duties - 毎日新聞

 

[Aepsilons]

Happy Birthday to you, Highness ! Such a beautiful woman you have become...

 

[Rafi]

Happy Birthday to you, Highness ! Such a beautiful woman you have become...

Cute.

 

[Aepsilons]

 

[Umair Nawaz]

No wonder u japs are so womanizers in all of the east asian population.......She really is Fine Looking.

 

[Sommer]

可愛いですね！I like her and 福原愛.

 

[JayMandan]

Sigh* She's so pretty.

 

[Aepsilons]

Sigh* She's so pretty.

She's adorable , isn't she? She's surprisingly active in official duties --- either that's her choice or its required of her is up to debate.

The question will be --- who will she be matched with to marry. There's probably a lot of pressure on her to produce more male heirs to the Imperial Family.

 

[BDforever]

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Princess Kako, one of Emperor Akihito's granddaughters, and the younger daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, has vowed on the occasion of her 20th birthday Monday to do her best in the official duties she will take on.

"I should fulfill my duties and put value in every work I receive rather than focus on whether I am interested in it," the princess said at a customary pre-birthday news conference.

The princess is scheduled to appear to the public for the first time as an adult member of the imperial family on Jan. 2 when the emperor, Empress Michiko and other members of the imperial family greet well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo.

Princess Kako, whose father is the second son of the emperor and empress, is scheduled to enroll in the college of liberal arts at International Christian University in Tokyo from next April after she quit Gakushuin University, also in the Japanese capital, in August.

Asked about her decision to change schools, the princess said she decided to study at ICU because of its good liberal arts education.

"I have come to understand the importance of communicating in English and broadening my knowledge" after being more involved in official duties, the princess said.

Princess Kako studied from kindergarten to senior high school at Gakushuin, where imperial family members have traditionally studied.

At the Imperial Palace on Monday morning, the emperor bestowed on the princess the decoration known as the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown.

Dressed in a white robe decollete, with the decoration and a platinum tiara sparkling with diamonds, the princess visited the palace again in the afternoon to greet the emperor and the empress.

A dinner was held for her in the evening at the residence of Prince Akishino with the emperor and empress in attendance.


Princess Kako turns 20, vows to do her best in official duties - 毎日新聞

Happy Birth Day

 

[Armstrong]

The question will be --- who will she be matched with to marry.

*cough...cough*

 

[Genesis]

Why is she wearing a tiara, isn't the whole point of the Japanese imperials to be the connection to the past, cause they serve no other purpose, even if they were suppose to at the end of WW2 to show continuity.

She's adorable , isn't she? She's surprisingly active in official duties --- either that's her choice or its required of her is up to debate.

I won't say it's forced, but I have heard that the Japanese imperial family "handlers" are quite "rough" and that it caused depression with the crown princess that almost resulted in a suicide? This was from quite a while back though.

Maybe she likes it, but at this point the imperials of the world are more puppets than puppet masters. Though Japanese emperors for most of their history has been like that anyways, so....

 

[datalibdaz]

*cough...cough*

Oye Kaalia...Apni bhabi ko buree nazar sey na dekh....

Its my duty to help her with her duties..

 

[terranMarine]

*cough...cough*

you volunteered?

 

[Aepsilons]

Why is she wearing a tiara, isn't the whole point of the Japanese imperials to be the connection to the past, cause they serve no other purpose, even if they were suppose to at the end of WW2 to show continuity.

I think it is part of the image the Imperial Family -- to show connection with Tradition and Modernity. In many public functions, the Imperial Princesses always down conservative (modern) attire as well as traditional. For example this one:

Imperial Princess Kiko (left) -- the wife of Imperial Prince of Akishino, Princess Mako (daughter), and Princess Kiko (daughter).

 

[Armstrong]

you volunteered?

Japanese ladies are so elegant and pretty !