21 Facts about Prince Akishino of Japan
- Prince Fumihito of Japan was born 30 November 1965 {Source}.
- His parents were The Emperor and Empress of Japan{Source}.
- He is the second of three children{Source}.
- He has a brother and sister{Source}:
- Crown Prince Naruhito (1960)
- Princess Sayako, Mrs. Yoshiki Kuroda (1969)
- He has a sister-in-law:
- Crown Princess Masako
- He also has a niece:
- Princess Aiko (2001)
- He married Princess Kiko in 1989{Source}.
- Together they have two daughters and a son{Source}:
- Princess Mako (1991)
- Princess Kako (1994)
- Prince Hisahito (2006)
- As a child, his Personal Title was Prince Aya(Aya-no-Miya){Source}.
- His coming of age ceremony took place on 30 November 1985{Source}.
- He holds the following honorary memberships{Source}:
- Imperial House Council
- He is President or Honorary President of the following organizations{Source}:
- Yamashina Institute for Ornithology
- Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums
- World Wide Fund for Nature Japan (honorary)
- Japan Water Prize Committee (honorary)
- Waksman Foundation of Japan INC (honorary)
- The Siam Society (Honorary Vice President)
- He serves as patron of{Source}:
- Society for the Protection of Mitera Sennyuji
- Social Welfare Organization "Saiseikai" Imperial Gift Foundation Inc
- Agricultural Society of Japan
- The Japan-Netherlands Society (honorary)
- Association for All Nippon Gourd Fanciers (honorary)
- He is a Researcher Extraordinary of the University Museum, the University of Tokyo{Source}
- He has served as a Guest professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and the Junior College of Tokyo University of Agriculture{Source}.
- He graduated from the Department of Political Studies in the Faculty of Law of Gakushuin University in 1988{Source}.
- He studied abroad at the Graduate School of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK from 1988-1990{Source}.
- He was granted a Ph.D. from The Graduate University for Advanced Studies in 1996{Source}.
- He and his wife often travel on behalf of the Emperor and Empress, representing them at foreign functions{Source}.
- He holds national honors in Japan, Italy, The Netherlands, Peru, Spain and Sweden.
- He holds honorary degrees from:
- Kasetsart University (1995)
- Burapha University (1995)
- Khon Kaen University(1999)
- Chulalongkorn University (2001)
- Srinakharinwirot University (2001)
- Ubon Rajathanee University (2003)
- King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (2007)
- Chiang Mai University (2011)
- Kasetsart University (2011)
- Thammasat University (2012)
- In August 2006, he was joined by his eldest daughter at a religious ceremony at the Ise Shrine.
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