was a Japanese aristocrat and former

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. The first grandchild of

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, he was the eldest son of Shigeko, Princess Teru, the Emperor's eldest child. He was thus a maternal nephew of the Emperor Emeritus Akihito and cousin of Emperor Naruhito. His father was Morihiro Higashikuni, a grandson of

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Biography

He was born in a shelter home amid the air raid on Tokyo as the eldest son of Prince Morihiro Higashikuni and Shigeko, Princess Teru, the eldest daughter of

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, then the reigning

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. After departing from the Imperial Palace, he studied at the

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Law School and worked at

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. He was appointed as a member of the Thai Association of Japan, and subsequently the executive director, managing director, Kakari member, etc. In June 2008, he assumed the honorary presidency of the All Japan Baseball Conference. In July 2009, he assumed the role of honorary adviser of the Japan-US Friendship Bridge Executive Committee. Other positions held by Higashikuni were; Honorary Chairman of the Society "Togo Association" and Honorary President of the Association to Protect Japanese Tradition. Higashikuni married Yoshiko Shimada in June 1972. The Shimada family is a commoner family which runs a real estate management business (apartment/parking lot management) in

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, but Emperor Hirohito liked Shimada's homely appearance and blessed Nobuhiko's marriage. In the following year a boy, Masahiko, was born to the couple.1972年6月13日朝日新聞「陛下の初孫ゴールイン　東久邇信彦氏と吉子さん」 In March 8 2019 Nobuhiko While in the Process of Loading his Golf Bag Hit his head in the Trunk of his Car And after this He became ill, during his final days the now Former Emperor and the now Former Empress Visited Him in Secret.He died in March 20 2019 in His Home as a result.

Ancestry

Since his parents and grandparents were all members of the Imperial House of Japan and Closely related to the senior members of the family, the existence of Nobuhiko and his son, Masahiko, has been noted when discussing the problem of succession to the throne due to the scarcity of male royalty, especially before 2006.

References

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