Speculation mounts over emperor's stress

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JmannGod at 10:07 PM JST - 12th December

yawn...don't care!
jeancolmar at 12:22 AM JST - 13th December

Life in the golden cage: the dysfunctional imperial family. I truly feel sorry for those people, especially Princess Masako who had her life ruined by her marriage. I do hope something comes up to relieve their stress, but with the way the system works that seems impossible.
herefornow at 07:43 AM JST - 13th December

How far the "mighty" have fallen. This country went to war -- and hundreds of thousands gave their lives -- in belief that the cause of the Emperor was worth sacrificing their lives for. Now the poor guy is reduced to watching birds and looking at flowers -- and has stress anyway. When will this country wake up and stop pouring money into this dysfunctional family? The return on investment is near zero.
GlowingStar at 10:02 PM JST - 14th December

herefornow, I think you don't really understand Japanese culture. It's different from other countries because they follow cultures since the beginning of their existing times from their ancients. The Emperor and The Empress of their existing time is so important because they have the blood of royals and believe to be the descendants of their goddess Amaterasu, she is the goddess of the sun. Means she is a spiritual being more powerful than human beings. I believe their myths are true. You can research "LEMURIA OR THE LAND OF MU" believe to be their paradisical place before" our cradle of culture and the existence of human being. Who knows? if you're an american Indian? you have the bloods of the Shamans and existing spiritual power. Emperors and Empresses are their paternal and maternal figure of their civilization.
bdiego at 03:47 PM JST - 16th December

They need to let the Emperor watch more TV and buy him a Wii. It's quite ironic and a shame that someone went to Harvard only to end up here. Honestly the average person would have just divorced and left, but obviously there's too much publicity and taboo for that to happen. So they're trapped, all trapped.
jeancolmar at 11:02 PM JST - 16th December

It really is time to put the dysfunctional imperial family out of their misery. Get rid of the monarchy and turn this place into a republic. Give the ex-royals generous pensions and let them live their lives peacefully as they see fit. If they want to work let them. If they want to veg-out they can do that too at our expense. The poor critters deserve it.

Meanwhile, I do sincerely hope that Akahito returns to having a healthy belly, the poor, poor old man.

How times have changed. The worst victims of the emperor system are the royals.
DoctorLady at 01:45 PM JST - 18th December

Once again, the two main causes are the stress of succession (because the Emperor wants Princess Aiko to be able to ascend to the throne) and the IHA's mistreatment.