TOKYO -- After living through the tumultuous Showa period (1926-1989), the entire Heisei (1989-2019) and into the current Reiwa era, Japan's Princess Yuriko died on Nov. 15 at 101. In a series of ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko, who was the oldest member of the imperial family of Japan, died at the age of 101 years on November 15, 2024 (Friday) in Tokyo. The news of her death was confirmed by the ...

The Imperial Household Agency announced that Princess Yuriko, aunt of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, died on Nov. 15. She was 101. The princess died at 6:32 a.m. at St. Luke's International Hospital in ...

In November, Princess Yuriko, aunt of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, died at the age of 101. Kako fondly recalls how nervous she was when she visited Yuriko’s residence to pay respects as an ...

The princesses were to host a similar reception last November, but the event was put off due to the demise of Princess Yuriko, grandaunt of the Emperor, in the same month.