Prince Tomohito of Mikasa

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Prince Tomohito of Mikasa
Born	January 5, 1946 (age 61) Tokyo, Japan
Title	Prince of Japan
Spouse	Nobuko Aso
Children	Akiko, Yohko
Parents	Prince Mikasa and Princess Mikasa

Imperial House of Japan


HIM The Emperor
HIM The Empress
HIH The Crown Prince
HIH The Crown Princess
HIH Princess Toshi
HIH Prince Akishino
HIH Princess Akishino
HIH Princess Mako
HIH Princess Kako
HIH Prince Hisahito
HIH Prince Hitachi
HIH Princess Hitachi
HIH Prince Mikasa
HIH Princess Mikasa
HIH Prince Tomohito of Mikasa
HIH Princess Tomohito of Mikasa
HIH Princess Akiko
HIH Princess Yōko
HIH Prince Katsura
HIH Princess Takamado
HIH Princess Tsuguko
HIH Princess Noriko
HIH Princess Ayako

Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (三笠宮寬仁 Mikasa no miya Tomohito shinnō), eldest son of the current HIH Prince Mikasa and HIH Princess Mikasa (Yuriko). born 5 January 1946). He is the heir apparent to the princely house of Mikasa-no-miya.

1 Education
2 Marriage and family
3 Royal duties
4 Opinions
5 External links

[edit] Education

Prince Tomohito studied and graduated from the Department of Political Studies in the Faculty of Law of Gakushuin University in 1968. From 1968 - 1970, he studied abroad at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, in the UK.

For the Sapporo Winter Olympics, he served as a committee member on the organizing committee from 1970 - 1972.

[edit] Marriage and family

He met and became engaged to Ms. Aso Nobuko on the 21 May 1980. She is the third daughter of the late Mr. Aso Takakichi, chairman of Aso Cement Co., and his wife, Kazuko, the daughter of former prime minister Yoshida Shigeru. The couple married on 7 November 1980. Ms. Aso was given the title HIH Princess Tomohito of Mikasa. The prince and princess have two daughters:

HIH Princess Akiko, b. 20 December 1981

HIH Princess Yohko, b. 25 October 1983.

[edit] Royal duties

Prince Tomohito is president and honorary president of various organizations that concern themselves with cancer research (the Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund), having himself suffered from the disease in 2003, and various sporting-organizations (ski, billiards, rugby, etc.). He travels extensively abroad with the princess on charity and support missions that concern matters of illness and welfare.

[edit] Opinions

In November 2005, it was reported [1] that Tomohito believes that Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan, who has a daughter but no sons, should consider taking a concubine in order to produce a male heir to the throne. See also Emperor of Japan: Succession.