Crown Prince Naruhito: Current Events

[Mermaid1962]

Is there the feeling that this illness is somehow Masako's fault? That she is to blame for being ill?

As an outsider, it seems to me that if Naruhito can cope with and love his ill wife, so surely should the nation.

Originally Posted by seiko

I fear that patience of people in my country may snap one day....I hope not, but I am not sure how much longer this could go on? another 5 years?

[seiko]

Not so much as Masako sama's illness is her fault- I mean anyone with any brain can see that.

But things being said about her in Japanese newspaper, magazine, and on TV are often not very kind.

I like Crown Prince. He's a very caring sort of a person with CP Misako as well as with others around him. I just wish him happiness, with Masako sama beside him.

[Vanesa]

Originally Posted by seiko

Not so much as Masako sama's illness is her fault- I mean anyone with any brain can see that.

But things being said about her in Japanese newspaper, magazine, and on TV are often not very kind.

I like Crown Prince. He's a very caring sort of a person with CP Misako as well as with others around him. I just wish him happiness, with Masako sama beside him.

Yes. I share your opinion entirely. Princess Masako is creating her illness with her own mind. I don't think she is aware of it - our mind is very strong, and sometimes one doesn't realize how powerful it can become. Our minds could distroy us , literally - but this is my perception. Is hard for her to asume her Royal duties, I think...

However, smetimes, newspapers and magazines are too hard on her, for they doesn't realize that the Princess needs to be helped in the acceptation of her tasks.

As for Prince Naruhito, I think he loves her wife and wants to keep her . I don't see any probability of a divorce here, and that's allright.

P.D: As for the ones who ask for give "freedom" to Masako, I think they didn't realize she is no more a commoner as she was before. Now she has Royal duties and these duties are not compatible with a total personal freedom. I think that even us, we commoners, have no total freedom and that's all right. If we have children, a job, a beloved one, in fact, some degree of personal duties (and all persons have at least one or two of all these quoted above), we are not totally free. And that's great...We can't do anything we wants to; society should become crazy and without any rule if we will. Job cut somewhat your freedom; love too...You could imagine to live without a job ...But how sad is to live without a love.

Vanesa.

[Opal]

I enjoy seeing him express his talent and love of music.

[iceflower]

Crown Prince Naruhito has offered flowers at the National Cemetery for
the War Dead in Peace Memorial Park at Itoman in the southern Japan
prefecture July 27, 2010


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[iceflower]

Crown Prince Naruhito waves as he arrives at JR Shin-Fujinomiya station to
attend an opening ceremony of the 15th Nippon Jamboree hosted by the
Scout Association of Japan, August 2nd, 2010. Boys from about 40 countries
will take part in the gathering.


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[iceflower]

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Crown Prince Naruhito delivered a speech at a ceremony to commemorate the
125th anniversary of the founding of the World Association for Waterborne
Transport Infrastructure at a hotel in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, on Sept. 12,
2010. The Crown Prince said he hopes the association will continue to progress
through international cooperation on environmental issues.


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[Opal]

Thanks iceflower. All these solo events for Naruhito .... I miss seeing Masako.

[Kasumi]

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands visited Nagareyama in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on September 14th, 2010, to inspect the Tone Canal, which has connected the Edo and Tone rivers since 1890. - Mainichi

[Eliza]

Originally Posted by rchat

Thanks iceflower. All these solo events for Naruhito .... I miss seeing Masako.

I agree with you rchat...they say she's getting better but must take things easy, which is alright cos we wouldn't want her to have a releapse but i miss seeing

[iceflower]

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Crown Prince Naruhito watches elementary and junior high school students clad
in ceremonial outfits harvest rice which will be offered to the Imperial family at
Kawaba village in Gunma Prefecture on October 2nd, 2010.


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Crown Prince Naruhito at a tree-growing event at a forest park in Gunma
Prefecture on October 3, 2010.


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[iceflower]

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Crown Prince Naruhito enjoying the view from the peak of Mt. Ibuki located
in Shiga and Gifu prefectures on October 13, 2010.


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[Al_bina]

It is nice to see Crown Prince Naruhito undertaking official engagements.

[iceflower]

Indeed, especially if it's a event like the last one, where he looks so
relaxed and more than a tourist or normal visitor enjoying a site than
like an official and perfectly dressed prince in his fixed role...

[Al_bina]

You are quite right. My personal observation is that Crown Prince Naruhito enjoys less official engagements more than his brother.

[iceflower]

Indeed, considering the fact that the protocol of an official event gives
you a kind of security, that you know what to do and what's expected,
that's also easy to imagine..

Crown Prince Naruhito paid homage at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on November 8,
2010, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of its foundation. Enshrining
Emperor Meiji (1852-1912) and his wife, the dowager Shoken, it was constructed
on November 1, 1920.


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[Opal]

He looks very dapper!

[iceflower]

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Jordanian Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein has been received by Crown Prince
Naruhito for a meeting at the Togu Palace in Tokyo on November 15,
2010.


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And yesterday, November 14, Crown Prince Naruhito has attended an
international wheelchair marathon in Oita.


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[iceflower]

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Crown Prince Naruhito with trainees at Amada Co., a manufacturer of
metalworking machinery, in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan.
21, 2011.


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[iceflower]

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Crown Prince Naruhito delivered a speech at the 150th anniversary ceremony
for the Japan-Germany amity treaty at the National Art Center in Tokyo on
January 24, 2011. The treaty was signed to establish diplomatic and commercial
relations between the the two countries.


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