![Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (C) and daughter Princess Aiko wave in front of JR Utsunomiya station on their way to Imperial Stock Farm in Tochigi Prefecture on May 3, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)
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From left, Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Aiko, Princess Toshi. Getty
From left, Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Aiko, Princess Toshi. Getty
Emperor Naruhito: The dawn of the age of Reiwa
Ben Hills gives an illuminating account of the royal family in his sensational biography 'Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne'
Mark McGinness
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