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...sake and going through the ritual of symbolic eating, the prince and his bride stepped into a rust-colored carriage for the five-mile drive to his Eastern Palace-a shabby place, cluttered with clerks and files on the first floor, and no match for the luxurious home that Michiko, a millionaire flour miller's daughter, is leaving...
...married. But there was at least one Japanese who resented the festive occasion. As the bridal entourage rolled down one of Tokyo's main streets, a 19-year-old boy threw a stone at the couple. When he missed, he tried to climb inside the carriage. As Michiko took refuge across Akihito's lap, two liveried footmen shoved the youth aside; half a dozen policemen knocked him to the ground and then led him away. He proved to be one Kensetsu Nakayama, a former gas-station attendant who had failed to pass two university entrance examinations. "I only...
...Rice Cakes. In fact, it will be Akihito's task-well begun with his marriage to Michiko-to find a new publie role for the royal family. Palace officials have lately been quizzing British guests at cocktail parties for advice on how to achieve that successful British blend of public affection and respect. The royal couple have been advised to show themselves especially fond of children and of the poor...
Married. Crown Prince Akihito of Japan, 25; and Michiko Shoda, 24; in Tokyo (see FOREIGN NEWS...
There was one other meal that caused no end of consternation. The Archbishop was not invited to the royal banquet following the wedding of Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko-apparently because imperial officials had confused him with the Communist-lining "Red Dean" of Canterbury. "It's fearfully embarrassing for Ambassador Sir Oscar Morland," said one Briton. "Morland has been invited, yet Fisher outranks him. In fact, Fisher outranks everyone in England except the royal family...