Japanese Imperial Family Today

  ( The main article is here ) As the only daughter of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, Her Imperial Highness Princess Toshinomiya Aiko of Japan, celebrated her 20th birthday on the 1st, the Gakushuin, where she studied from elementary school to her current university, revealed   episodes of Aiko's life to the press. They said that Aiko had "high sensitivity and straightforward feelings" and was a friend-oriented student.   The Gakushuin Junior and Senior High School teachers responded in writing to questions from the Imperial Press Association on the occasion of Princess Aiko's birthday.   When Princess Aiko was in high school, she loved her P.E. classes and excelled at softball, a sport that both the Emperor and Empress were familiar with. At the field day, she participated in the "dribbling relay" event from the first year of junior high to the third year of high school, and won the event in the third year of high school after practicing

  ( The main article is here ) On the 1 st of December, Her Imperial Highness Princess Toshinomiya Aiko, the only daughter of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, celebrated her 20th birthday and became an adult member of the Imperial Family. Here is the full text of Aiko's impressions:   I am happy to have successfully reached the milestone of becoming an adult.   Looking back over the past years, I am deeply moved by the many events that have taken place, and I realize that I have been blessed with a lot of learning over the years.   At the same time, I feel deeply that I have been indebted to many people in my daily life, including my teachers and friends.   Through meeting and interacting with various people, I learned how wonderful it is when people reach out to each other and expand the circle of exchange, and all these experiences are now my assets.   I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all those who have been involved in my journey t

　 On December 1, Her Imperial Highness Princess Toshinomiya Aiko, the only daughter of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress, celebrated her 20th birthday and became an adult member of the Imperial Family. Through the Imperial Household Agency, she announced her impressions, saying, "I would like to face each of my duties with sincerity and help Their Majesties as much as I can.” This is the first time in 32 years that an emperor's daughter has come of age since Sayako Kuroda. The public's expectations for Princess Aiko as an adult member of the Imperial Family are increasing due to the decreasing and aging number of members of the IF and public support for a female emperor or emperors of female line. ( Full text of her impressions is here )   Her impressions of Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress were, "They have raised me lovingly and carefully, and have supported me most closely at all times," and she also expressed her gratitude to the Emperor and