Word: akihito
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...Tokyo horse show, Crown Prince Akihito, 15, ate his first...
Japan's Crown Prince Akihito, 14, was operated on for "a slight case of appendicitis." Not the slightest complication developed, and he was reported doing well...
Crown Prince Akihito, 14, is unsmirched by the war: to Japanese, he would be a spotless symbol. The prevalent view last week was that Hirohito would abdicate in his son's favor, with Hirohito's brother, Prince Takamatsu, assuming a regency until Akihito comes of age. Many Japanese who most urgently want to preserve the imperial institution are most in favor of Hirohito's stepping down...
Said a SCAP official last week to TIME Correspondent Carl Mydans: "It's pure speculation, but it's my guess that when MacArthur announces his departure you can look for an announcement that Hirohito has stepped out-or when you hear that Akihito has become Emperor you'll hear of MacArthur's leaving." Other Tokyo observers speculated that an abdication might be timed to coincide with "the end of the occupation...
...Akihito, riding his motor scooter around the grounds of his palace in East Tokyo, seemed in no hurry to become a symbol...