Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, died of natural causes at a Tokyo hospital early Friday morning, the Imperial Household Agency said. She was 101.
After Princess Yuriko’s death, there are 16 members left in the imperial family, which has been dwindling under the 1947 Imperial House Law that requires female members to leave upon marriage to a commoner.
Japan’s Princess Yuriko (C) visits a Persian cultural exhibition at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum with her husband Prince Mikasa and her granddaughter Princess Akiko on July 31, 2006. Emperor Naruhito’s great-aunt, the oldest member of Japan’s imperial family, died at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 15, 2024, at the age of 101. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
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