Japanese imperial family loses oldest princess: she was 101 years old
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Princess Yuriko Mikasa has died at the age of 101 after a long illness. She was the wife of Prince Mikasa for 75 years and was actively involved in charity work, including with the Japanese Red Cross.
The oldest member of the Japanese imperial family, Princess Yuriko Mikasa, has died at the age of 101. This is reported by NHK, UNN reports.
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The death of the princess was officially confirmed by the Agency of the Imperial House of Japan. Thus, the imperial family now numbers 16 people, including the emperor.
Princess Yuriko was hospitalized in March this year due to a heart attack and aspiration pneumonia. Within the first 10 days of treatment, doctors got rid of the princess's pneumonia symptoms, and then she was transferred from the intensive care unit to a general ward. At the same time, Princess Yuriko remained unconscious.
In early September, the Imperial House Agency announced that the Princess's condition was deteriorating. On November 11, St. Luke's Hospital reported a massive failure of the princess's organs.
Yuriko Mikasa died at 6:32 am (local time) on the 15th.
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Yuriko was born in 1923 into an aristocratic family. At the age of 18, a few months before the outbreak of World War II, she married Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito and uncle of the current Emperor Naruhito. The couple lived together for 75 years, but Prince Mikasa died in 2016. He was 102 years old at the time. The prince and princess had five children, two of whom are still alive. Princess Mikasa was the honorary president of various charitable organizations and was also actively involved in the work of the Japanese Red Cross Society.
