By AYAKO NAKADA/ Staff Writer
October 1, 2025 at 15:40 JST
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, second from right, chairs a special council at the Imperial Household Agency on Sept. 30 to approve independent household budgets for Princess Akiko and Princess Nobuko. (Tetsuji Asano)
Princess Akiko has been appointed the new head of the Mikasa family, marking the first time in nearly eight decades that a princess born into the imperial family has assumed leadership of a princely house. [Read More]
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