Mourning in the royal family
Japanese Princess Yuriko dead at 101
Princess Yuriko of Japan has died at the age of 101. According to the Imperial Court Office, the oldest living member of the imperial family died early on Friday morning (local time) at St. Luke Hospital in Tokyo. She had already been admitted there in March due to a mild cerebral infarction.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen The exact cause of death was not disclosed by the Imperial Court Office, but according to Japanese media reports, Yuriko died as a result of pneumonia.
"I am deeply saddened by the news of the death of Her Imperial Highness Princess Yuriko of Mikasa," said Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a statement.
Married for 75 years
Yuriko was born in 1923 and after studying at the Gakushuin Women's Academy in Tokyo, she married Prince Mikasa, the youngest brother of Emperor Hirohito, at the age of 18.
The two were married for 75 years and had five children together, three of whom are already dead.
Yuriko's husband Mikasa died of cardiac arrest in 2016 at the age of 100. Mikasa spent her last years in seclusion at Akasaka Palace in Tokyo.
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