Too bad he'll never have a life. He is destined to become emperor, whether he likes it or not. All discussion about a female emperor stopped as soon as he was born.
Prepare him well, Princess Kiko, so that he can step out of his Palace bubble into the democratic realworld. Let him struggle along as a dog-faced salaryman, just like everyone else in this great democracy known as Nippon.
I'm glad that he seems happy and healthy, but I still feel the circumstances surrounding his conception and birth were very suspicious and ultimately did nothing but delay the discussion of an issue that Japan's sexist gerontocracy are going to have to deal with at some point. Still, given the kind of life the future regent can expect to have, they may actually have done Aiko a favour.
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kirakira25 at 04:01 PM JST - 6th September
Surprisingly - he`s actually pretty cute!
blvtzpk at 04:17 PM JST - 6th September
Don't forget to kiss your test-tube!
nadavaloryo at 04:34 PM JST - 6th September
heis very cute....
shinjukuboy at 04:36 PM JST - 6th September
Too bad he'll never have a life. He is destined to become emperor, whether he likes it or not. All discussion about a female emperor stopped as soon as he was born.
KallyPygous at 04:44 PM JST - 6th September
riding a tricycle from his elder sister Princess Kako
Did she give him the trike, or does he always cycle away from her?
spudman at 06:07 PM JST - 6th September
what does that make his Dad?
nipponreddog at 06:10 PM JST - 6th September
Prepare him well, Princess Kiko, so that he can step out of his Palace bubble into the democratic realworld. Let him struggle along as a dog-faced salaryman, just like everyone else in this great democracy known as Nippon.
bamboohat at 08:06 PM JST - 6th September
Does he know his ABC's yet?
stirfry at 08:32 PM JST - 6th September
oh...great...thanks for the update
Noliving at 01:22 AM JST - 7th September
"and has gradually become able to eat and change clothes by himself, according to the agency."
By change clothes by himself they mean him taking off his clothes and running around naked?
J_rock at 01:55 AM JST - 7th September
I'm glad that he seems happy and healthy, but I still feel the circumstances surrounding his conception and birth were very suspicious and ultimately did nothing but delay the discussion of an issue that Japan's sexist gerontocracy are going to have to deal with at some point. Still, given the kind of life the future regent can expect to have, they may actually have done Aiko a favour.
herefornow at 06:32 AM JST - 7th September
Is Princess Kiko's face frozen in that look? At least the Prince is in a car seat, unlike the dozens of others you see every day in Japan.