Word: chichibu
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Keenest interest as to the sex of the forthcoming imperial infant was felt by the heir apparent, Prince Chichibu, eldest brother of the Emperor Hirohito. Should the Empress give birth to a girl, as she did at her first accouchement (TIME, Dec. 14, 1925), Prince Chichibu must remain in Japan, ready to assume the Throne immediately, should Death come to the Emperor...
...imperial infant is a manchild, then Prince Chichibu may say farewell to Empire, order the packing of his baggage and return to Oxford in time for the autumn term. As everyone knows, he abandoned his studies, hurried from Oxford to Tokyo upon the death of his father, the Emperor Yoshihito (TIME...
...Prince Chichibu, sporting heir-apparent to the throne, arrived in Tokyo last week. Popular, he was greeted by 10,000 marshalled school children. Respectful, he hurried to his mother, the Empress Dowager and his elder brother, the Emperor. Pious, he did worship at the casket of his father, the late Tenno Yoshihito...
...means vexed, Prince Chichibu continued equably to Washington and was welcomed by Secretary Kellogg. Next day the President returned and received His Royal Highness for ten minutes at the White House. Soon Prince Chichibu departed for Chicago, where he rode about the city for two hours between trains. Then, dutiful, he sped on to San Francisco to take ship for Japan...
Newsgatherers who incessantly harassed Prince Chichibu with questions-heedless of the fact that he was a son hastening to the bier of his father-drew for their pains only one bit of "copy" from his cool smiling lips: "I am interested in your ten-cent stores; not because of the articles for sale in them, but because of the fact that they can be sold so cheaply...