The 18-year-old prince is second in line to the Chrysanthemum throne.

Hisahito is second in line to Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne, only after his father, Crown Prince Akishino. Before Hisahito’s ...

Hisahito is second in line to Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne after his father, Crown Prince Akishino. The prince, who turned 18 on Sept. 6, is the youngest of the 16-member imperial family and one of ...

Prince Hisahito, the Japanese imperial family's last hope for the monarchy's long-term survival -- unless succession rules change -- said marriage is not on his mind yet in his first ...

Teen heir to Japanese throne says marriage not on his mind Only males can ascend the ancient Chrysanthemum Throne and women leave the imperial family if they marry a commoner, with their offspring ...

Prince Hisahito, the Japanese imperial family’s last hope for the monarchy’s long-term survival -- unless succession rules change -- said marriage ...

Hisahito is second in line to Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne, only after his father, Crown Prince Akishino. Before Hisahito's birthday last year, his father had been the last male to reach adulthood in ...

He is the only heir of his generation in the Japanese Imperial family, as the Imperial House Law permits only males with direct male-line descent from emperors to inherit the Chrysanthemum Throne.

But by June 1945 Japan’s urban landscape and industrial ... not least because of an impasse known as the chrysanthemum taboo. The flower symbolises the imperial family, and the taboo represents ...

Prince Hisahito, the Japanese imperial family's last hope for the monarchy's long-term survival — unless succession rules ...