Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of Japan's royal family and great aunt to the emperor, died aged 101 on Friday in a Tokyo ...

Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of Japan's royal family and great aunt to the emperor, died aged 101 on Friday in a Tokyo ...

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Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of the Japanese royal family, died at 101 after being hospitalized since March. Born ...

TOKYO: Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of Japan's royal family and great aunt to the emperor, died aged 101 ... 1940s - surrendered in an August 1945 speech, after the United States dropped ...

Prince Mikasa-- who is posthumously known as Emperor Showa-- passed away with his wife, Princess Yuriko, by his side. In this file photo provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako ... and worked on rebuilding the nation,” he said in a speech. Akihito also traveled both in Japan and abroad to console the souls of victims of the war.