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...members of the imperial family not been glued to their radios, they might have been the last people in Tokyo to hear the news. When Crown Princess Michiko was delivered of her 5-lb. 9-oz. son last week, a chamberlain at the hospital solemnly telephoned the residence of the grand chamberlain. The grand chamberlain in turn telephoned the Emperor's personal chamberlain, who daintily brushstroked the news onto a scroll. Then the grand chamberlain telephoned Crown Prince Akihito's chamberlain, who immediately went to work on a scroll of his own. By the time the frazzled Akihito...
Toppled Throne. Despising the chamberlains as "stoneheads," the Japanese people look to young Prince Akihito, 26, and his commoner bride, Princess Michiko, 24, as the monarchy's last and best hope. The proposed visit of the young couple to the U.S. in May (Michiko's first child is expected in March) has been taken as evidence that when Akihito mounts the throne he will not become a prisoner of the chamberlains like his father. Thereupon the seven chamberlains urged postponement of Akihito's trip until well after President Eisenhower's visit to Japan in June...
...waka that aroused the most popular interest was one submitted by pretty Crown Princess Michiko, 25, who is about to don the traditional pregnancy belt. Her entry...
Cried a court chamberlain, himself a red-hot waka whiz: "Michiko employed eighth-century Manyoshu-style words in two places in her poem-making it difficult even for experts to understand. Prodigious...
...President also invited Japan's Crown Prince Akihito and his young wife, Princess Michiko, to come to the United States. Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi promised Eisenhower at a White House meeting that he will try to arrange a visit by the royal couple in May or later...