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Princess Kiko waves to the Japanese people.
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The imperial family shows up

There are goldfish in the glass and the emperor behind glass, an Asian court correspondent wrote in his birthday greeting to Akihito of Japan, who became 79 these days. The journalist wisely chose the word "the" emperor and not "an" emperor, because Akihito is the last of his class, so very special. His own nationality is correspondingly peculiar.

"Normal" shows Japan's imperial family only on its few dates outside the palace. There are sometimes, although controlled from above, direct contacts with the subjects. Most Japanese, however, know their head of state only when it shows up in Tokyo on important occasions on the balcony of his residence the flag-waving mass - behind bulletproof glass. The authorities are playing it safe. In no case should the imperial majesty happen at a jubilee event.

Interesting but this time was to see who else had the honor to stand next to Akihito and Michiko (78) on the gallery. You could see - from below - the Emperor's left Crown Prince Naruhito (52) and Crown Princess Masako (49) and on the right Prince Akishino (47) and Princess Kiko (46).

Information about the psychic life of the ladies gave their robes. The Empress looked very happy in a lilac costume. She evidently forms a harmonious twosome with her husband after having overcome her illness. Otherwise the Crown Princess. Masako wore black that day and smiled as if petrified. Everyone realized that their state of mind did not improve. She looks like one who is walled in behind thick walls. Apparently, they hardly push them outside, maybe they do not let them either, because when Europe's nobility celebrates, Naruhito usually comes solo - like a lonely wolf.

On the other hand, Princess Kiko was optimistic. She had turned to yellow, in Asia a royal color symbolizing the sun. Obviously, she is doing well, thriving on what she told the Japanese with her light-colored clothes, and speculating that Masako would not become Japan's future empress in the distant future. For a long time connoisseurs do not rule out the renunciation of Naruhito.

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