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The ōke were branches of the Japanese Imperial Family created from branches of the Fushimi-no-miya house. All but one of the ōke were formed by the descendants of Prince Fushimi Kuniye (1802–1872). The ōke were stripped of their membership in the Imperial Family by the American Occupation...

I am opening a new thread here because the discussion in the current events thread for Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko is getting OT. I think it worthwhile to open a special thread for this subject as the wish or the need to discuss it might arise again from time to time. At least...

Jia, the first thing I have to say on this subject is that I have no “hard” proof for what I am saying. There is only a whole lot of small incidents and expressions of faces that I interpret, and, I must say that I am personally sure that I am right – also because I am famous among my friends...

I want to share with you excerpts from a German book about CP Masako. I have got nearly all of my information about the imperial family from that book but I only recently realized that you here in this forum cannot have that same information because the book is as far as I can see only available...