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;danceiWlホJnnipさria]llaNyrVllJ not abdicate h，s 56-y«df crowyrねfavpr of h〖多only
But the prlr^e d)"a^yr fias pioneered changes in the むodmons of tト，た260pャゃf old chrysonthoiirHjpf? thr, on&, drtd on the 4 ay thathe does fee-come' JofKJn'S125th柳j^eror, wUl be a〜it her parting— If slight trIn the ancient silk curtain that siwroCihdsにtfie im-
JtIs expected that when 德hito attai，豕the thron6， it will.do mUcH to f，ckjce ill
elings of dさなablさminoHty of Japanese Who如Ueve Hifo-hUo should qccept mbre t^lcHTie for the jtr的e麵s of World War H.
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clcl"er^Cpalac;e1 Aklhはo was
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trous町^ cham)DerJa|ns， Hき gr— the "f^vereif sorv <^ th， SひK，gio^:^rt^^i;oi;:lnjtー
]|きwere' eventing ^^x)^er 'thrx3uigh f。natic。lde-votlcmlケa deiflei;i mondrdK, •
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ithe. war's finaldiaotU: days,: renounopdfUs divinity bn: i»tew Yea『，s Dci^,1946;なUncfer: ;|af>ah*"s ifx^lwar constitution ぉe qlso v^iras denUd f^oUtidial —wer,,ぉリt became "ttiei iy喊ol• •• '• of麵unity of th会 pebp-Ie dきはWngゎJs positl。'n 什cmvt5h阜wi!jlo;f theipeople." -'*^rohitoticc€ipted the advice of Gen. Dobglas (MacArthur, the ailled occupation 、m-mcmeter, that his son be ed-dij<kit«d dきrriocraticaily.
flourishing in his new-founiiむe d do IT I,' Akifiito be-came tlieぉrs1^crowrv prince to <Utend "guHar college d-Osぉs， cjぉ的od]ies with his c^assmqぉs and stoically endured criticism of his elitist upbringing,
Irv1959itjfter a two-year romanceにth。t began on the tennis courts of a sリmmer f€-sort, Akifiito married Michike 沐odひ,the comely daughter a vv的l-thy Tokyo miller, and the first comrnloner in Japanese history to become a 勿qlconsort.ケ-、、
ぉa" arnifiMm peppぉlinefT Tofcyo'豕streets for the
mUipns mprもbought t"elr flrsまiもlもNhsiるn sets to watch
Afdhito ogaln broke pre-'cedent liy deckftng to raise "is diildnsn， two boys now <?§jed 21—cmdl5ュcind his 12，—rりId, ,'d。 lighter, at h6nne.' The family always eatsbre(?kfast together, and frecjuently $p«ids Sundqys together piayJI rig| tennis, horsebadc rldina 6r swimming.
Yasyoー Shtgeta* whof ha$ been Aklh"o's chamberla〖n for jthe postlるy的rs, saic^ in 加interview— that the crbwn prince favorsclosefci(nily ties becous6 "he found from owT^ experience thereIs no better way tolearn imperial tradition than being with the temper or."
Shigeta sold Aklhlto， wtiom he characterized os reserved and scholcifly, has also impressed ふon fils cMWren that they s+iould ooncwtrate on at least one aoademlc field be-
cai^多e,^ih^ waoJts thelmper-fa'rn"y to renfKi幕n qcu"urd1 symb^oloflhenqUonノ'-、
blologlstズAi"h"o has頻ぉ scもence, a hobby, ニ^orklng out of crlotcyrator/ ne)ft tQ his s〜dy， he has p—uced 22 pap，rs on the gob)j !f!sh, or my3s(Uo"rs, and !ost year Wcri: electおas、 a ffo reign hWnhii^r of :jthe p—tigioirs Lln'nedn S^dety 6fUinidoii.:
AkltiUo foUなwi World and; きぉ"affoヌrs 、in hewspoffers ciHd on TVitMjiIn "epipg : with the irni(peirials '〖国ily's ' 。 -tfadト iloれ0f《voidinき"poJlticd】ln丄 volements, h:ei willnotやm-ment on fssu" of the day, Shigeんsalia.:つ
fvjeyerthejiess he fias been an active diplomat, wi沐91U itsゃoUtk:al 9vert ones. His1、6 officialciVe"e。s 'trips Were !nUiated by .the Foreign Ministry dnc( in 、recさn， years hove cohered ncrtions ofさo-nomic 。nd [political1mpbrレ ance to Japan,
lift19781ぉe cmd Princess AAiohikip went Jo Brazilartd Paraguay, and the niext year became the first foyaity from Japan to Vis it a coinnnunist state Jn a tour of BuJさarid and Romania.,
"This yeaf they tmvel€:dtc> SgucU Arゅia， Japan'slargest 911supplier, aサやseverial nations in econorhicqlly vはal Southeast Asia.
AIdhiねdoes not smoke, dnd drin(kミanly the nきcessary cha mpagne or win e to a sts at ipfftci^lfunctions, the cham,-iberkii.n said. Howさver， he d6e$ n6t: always stay within thestrait-loced. imperialipro-toe pi.'
He has beenkiiovyn toおIk v^ellinto the nlolut with some friends a! King Bciudouin of ぉelglリm， andfn19之S， en r0uteゎ9meぉom §outh Aorv ゃrica, the prince, mdde q sfjecialstopovjer in Philad elケ ^D^ki to vlsU thelate Eliza-i>eth Virtfng, a Qげひkerschooレ teacher who ficdtutored him Engllふqfterかe war.
"People stillstand iりqwe 6f the emperor, but therぉis a i"ealsense of1n"iTU3ciywはhi the七rown prince ancf prince",'' Shigeta sold,
Shigeta said the time has not yet come When the imperialfamily can minjgle freely with the publfc as some European royalty do.
"The Japanese, ofter all,ore by nature gavvkeは'"Shlgeta sold. "If Princess AAldilko ventured out of the palace for a shopping trip It would be pandemonUm"
The DietaM Goi^ratiM
By DE，NE HIRASUNE GensrgUcms ars Uke .a self-
correcting periclゅhi，カlwayi
dUecU6n of th，lreicf折iiaレ-ways !ry!ng t;oreadiVs。ne eqリUlbriurrvbv/t aiWays ov釘，
My geniratlijn of tt»e siメtiei
。—raひon —ゅeきlooiTj"ahil-doom group thatまw "p >hcUrかeーght 'of the ipre $ si on dnd the War.Oii( Vs&c"rU/ wcjsjVtlr\ acqリMng: sq14rre)[ih9 away fひncjs; hording* ま-ongings the vyqy children of ih台b印res乡ion did: NorまdWe wcmt to hdng out in dcir'kened roomStdrさssed in, blaok ahdgciing "cool" whije: waiting for沐e nuclear ゎol:o^ust， the way beotniぉ リ"d.Jo.'...
リo， ；^J^さ多l?ctiesg^nerati(jり V"/anted ，9^90"fc^yoひd2jp(j^J"， Uve we <:oul4r stop t。
sni付theft9wers and the grass, aind 'help our: feUow :、巾qn. The さstabl.ishn^ent was the oppressor, not Ntkit。. 'Howeyさr de$-,iructlve the method, the motive was $6 hー !ゅeぽ derpdvileg I, correct social irvfリ5Jtice， sゎake o仔Jheゎpnds of materialism.
Jリst asquickly as thぉIdea 《ook rooti U changed form. Instead ofネrying Improve ;nncmkind, "was better to ju" impro<\>e ydiirself. Selfふel p wq> Jn.
This currsnt crop reaching dcfulithood is a strangelot,—— s eめabsorbed, unrebellゅs， and bo red* I sゅpose parents ca n breat(ie easy ，一 knowing
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tしeir diUdren aren't hijrnlrrな dpwrt .th$ぉmpひi: i^ut由dying hdfd，ln ifKぉi calma jo like bu"ne"Vbnd accounting* T:hls genきpaU6ひs6，m$t;o have ,asensゃof seVfii)urpose 二 n条t a' fmighcmゅous vision of scjvlri穷nhqfvj^aild,ぁut j"t a vision of flow saye thenrv wives'
Thefe is <omisithlng reilgn; ed ihtheir narrowness 6fipゃr— pose, Tfieyar鲁Jillieーaぉさdiple さryingパo,peacei4jUylive out thelast cia:" of :tileircivm-zatioんThey arさ-l-^vin^,«the jf>rotests overゅ]i'09y, defwe sip ending and nuclearぉro-Uferatiorv' to their elders. This iにa deltacjhed gきneratlo".
、1'Ve heardIt sctid dozens of "mes bype邻le who grew up in如sixtles,"靖cit，s wrong with today's 、 .youth9 Why ai"StheysQ compliant? Where's their vltalUy,そhelr holve altruism? If they aren't aitirig out now,ttokゎow bla IId theゾrtb， whさn they get ojder."
)lndee,d, cismudias I don't vvtjnt io s.ee a return to the idciyにof protest, rcTfeela bit more hopefui about them if the/dstog© a vefy brief, norv destrucyVe demonstrditiorv now and then.
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