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Happie birthday cutie! :) have a wonderfal day!
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11-30-2005, 11:46 PM
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Aiko is a beauiful child!!!! she's grown up alot .......hope we can see her pics more often...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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12-01-2005, 01:35 AM
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Princess Aiko turns four as Japan debates end to male-only rule
TOKYO (AFP) - Princess Aiko, the only child of Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito, turned four amid debate on a plan to break with more than two centuries of male-only rule to avert a succession crisis.
The Imperial Household Agency released pictures of Aiko taking a walk with her mother, Crown Princess Masako, in the garden of the Crown Prince's Palace in central Tokyo......
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051201...o_051201060908
Succession debated as Japan's Princess Aiko turns 4
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Princess Aiko turned four on Thursday as debate swirled over a proposal to change the imperial succession law to enable her to become the first female to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne in centuries.
Aiko, who has shed her baby fat but is still the spitting image of her father, Crown Prince Naruhito, clutched a stuffed animal and waved from a limousine on her way to visit her grandparents, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.
Photos released by the Imperial Household Agency, which orchestrates the royal family's public appearances, showed Aiko in a round of activities from finger-painting and "rhythmic dancing" to playing with clay and gathering mandarin oranges with her parents in their palace garden........
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/news...N-PRINCESS.xml
LEAD: Princess Aiko celebrates 4th birthday
Princess Aiko, the only daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, visited the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday to meet her grandparents, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, on the occasion of her fourth birthday.......
http://asia.news.yahoo.com/051201/kyodo/d8e77uv02.html
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Princess Aiko turns 4, looks forward to kindergarten
Princess Aiko, the only daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, turned 4 on Nov. 1, as discussions continued over whether to change the Imperial House Law and allow females and their descendants to ascend to the Imperial throne.......
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/nation...na015000c.html
#1-5,7: Birthday photos provided by Imperial Household Agency via Mainichi news
#6: Yomiuri news
#8: NNN news
Every single photo here is DIFFERENT
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Princess Masako did not participate in the celebrations in honor of her daughter and, although she accompanied to Aiko until the imperial enclosure, did not enter the dependencies of its fathers-in-law, then, according to she indicated Kyodo agency, she is observing a period of mourning by the death of its grandmother, Suzuko Egashira, the last year.
http://www.caracol.com.co/noticias/226027.asp
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12-01-2005, 12:33 PM
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happy birthday to the beautiful princess!!
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12-01-2005, 01:29 PM
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She is cute. Happy birthday Aiko:)
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12-02-2005, 09:05 AM
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thank you for the pics
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Originally Posted by mandyy
Funny quote from Hello magazine of what Princess Aiko said:
...."How many more times do I need to sleep before I turn four?" she (Aiko) asked her parents recently....:) :)
She must have eagerly awaited for her 4th birthday.
5 more photos from Hellomagazine.com
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" How many more times do I need to sleep before I xxx xxxx?"
its the words of a famous Japanese children's song (nursery rhyme).
I think that she got the idea for this question from the song so cute:)
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12-02-2005, 10:18 PM
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Thanks for the photos, everyone!
is it known when Princess Aiko will start in kindergarten?
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Aiko will begin kindergarten on April 1st next year. April 1st is the beginning of the school year in Japan. ( The academic year ends in early March)
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12-03-2005, 10:39 AM
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Princess Aiko is sooooo adorable...I am really fond of her...Thanks for the photos..sooo cute
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Aiko will begin kindergarten on April 1st next year. April 1st is the beginning of the school year in Japan. ( The academic year ends in early March)
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thanks for the explanation, Charlotte1 !! :) :)
I can't wait to see the little princess on her 1st day of school.
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12-05-2005, 04:40 PM
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Those are lovely photos. Aiko is the image of her dad even moreso as she ages!
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12-13-2005, 08:27 PM
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Japan ends decade of gloom with year of love
Japan has declared 2005 the year of "love" after a decade dominated by "disaster", "collapse", "poison" and other manifestations of doom and gloom.
In a poll scrutinised for its insights into the nation's mood, "love" jumped from 12th place last year to beat "reform" as the word that best summed up this year........
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...3/ixworld.html
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An exhibit from Kunaicho of the craft done by Princess Aiko with the help of her parents.
FNN news video- http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo...1&media=wm300k
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The craft is really good for such a young person! She did have help from her parents but I can imagine Aiko working really hard on this. She seems like such a sweetie! May she be a great Empress one day...hopefully!
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EYE ON ASIA
By Brian Bremner
The Princess and the Workforce
The controversy over bringing four-year-old Princess Aiko into the line of royal succession may have larger implications for Japan's women and economy
The Japanese royal at the center of a national debate is all of four years old, and she's hardly the stuff of tabloid headlines. When the Japanese Imperial Household Agency releases photos of Princess Aiko, it's usually along the lines of the little princess digging sweet potatoes with her mother, Crown Princess Masako, at one of the Imperial family's royal palaces. Following Princess Aiko is about as scintillating as a covering a croquet tournament for the 80-plus set................
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/...n_id=rss_daily
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What a cutie! She's so adorable!  She's got this beautiful pitch black hair that blends well with her snowy colored skin. :)
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