Empress Michiko becomes honorary member of youth library in Munich - Kyodo News
Full IHA press release at Empress Michiko to accept role as honorary member of Int'l Youth Library - The MainichiThe Imperial Household Agency said Friday Empress Michiko has become an honorary member of the International Youth Library in Munich, Germany following a request from the library.
The agency said it decided to transmit the library's request to the empress in view of her long-standing involvement with children's literature. She accepted the request "with surprise and pleasure," it said.
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The empress will be the third honorary member of the library, following the late German author Erich Kaestner and the late Swedish author of children's literature Astrid Lindgren.