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Naruhito, Crown Prince of Japan (Hiro no miya Naruhito Shinnō, or Naruhito Kotaishi, b. at Tsugo Palace, Tokyo 23 Feb. 1960) is the elder son of the Emperor Akihito and the Empress Michiko. Titled Prince Hiro (Hiro no miya) as a child, he became heir apparent upon the death of his grandfather, the Emperor Showa (Hirohito), on 7 Jan. 1989. He received a bachelor's and master's degreee in history from Gakuishuin University in 1982 and 1988, respectively. On 6 May 1993, he married Miss Owada Masako (b. 6 Dec. 1963), a career diplomat in the Japanese Foreign Ministry and the daughter of Mr. Owada Hishahi, a former vice foreign minister and former ambassador to the United Nations. The Crown Prince and Crown Princess have one child, Princess Aiko (titled Toshi no miya), born on 1 Dec. 2001.

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