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Silvafan
They always give these kinds of jobs to royalty that they want to get rid of to avoid confrontation.
Michael Craig
I didn't know Emperor Akihito has an elder sister!
Goodlucktoyou
sun worshiping? now that sounds interesting.
Kaerimashita
Ise Jingu nice. she is now in charge of the rocks and the rope.
sir_bentley28
So her kids would be given the titles like what.....Maximum Overlord
nandakandamanda
Atsuko Ikeda lives just down the road from here. She will be glad to have someone take over, I can guess.
metaterapin
Pretty negative comments in here. She's still got a much more cush set up in life than any of us.
Silvafan
@Educator60
Well the article said:
Where did she come from then? Did they find her floating in a river and decided to adopt her? Or, did you not read the article carefully enough?
Last I heard, if your mother and father are the Emperor and Empress then that makes you royalty by birth.
pacint
Silvafan.
She married a commoner in 2005 and thus is no longer royalty.
30s on google told me as much.
Silvafan
@pacint
I understand how the rules work for the royal family in Japan. Just because she doesn't have the title, does not mean she is no longer royalty. She just has no claim to the thrown. Her parents are still the Emperor and Empress which means something.
Every year, I rent a place in Karuizawa where another member of the royal family owns a home. She also no longer has her royal title, but when she comes for vacation, she still arrives with an entourage of staff and personal security. For people who are no longer royal, they still seemed to be treated as such.
Nao
If Sayako joins her family for vacation, she should be guarded as well. Nothing wrong with that.