“The Japanese imperial family lost its oldest princess: she was 101 years old Princess Yuriko Mikasa died at the age of 101 after a long illness. She was the wife of Prince Mikasa for 75 years and was actively engaged in charity, in particular in the Japanese Red Cross.”, — write on: unn.ua
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The death of the princess was officially confirmed by the Agency of the Imperial House of Japan. Thus, the imperial family now numbers 16 people, including the emperor.
Princess Yuriko was hospitalized in March of this year due to a heart attack and aspiration pneumonia. Already in the first 10 days of treatment, doctors got rid of the symptoms of pneumonia in the princess, after which she was transferred from the intensive care unit to the general ward. At the same time, Princess Yuriko remained unconscious.
In early September, the Imperial Household Agency announced that the princess’s condition was deteriorating. On November 11, St. Luke’s Hospital reported mass organ failure of the princess.
Yuriko Mikasa died at 6:32 am (local time) on the 15th.
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Yuriko was born in 1923 in an aristocratic family. At the age of 18, a few months before the start of World War II, she married Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito and the uncle of the current Emperor Naruhito. The couple lived together for 75 years, but in 2016 Prince Mikasa died. He was then 102 years old. The prince and princess had five children, two of whom are still alive. Princess Mikasa was the honorary president of various charitable organizations, and also took an active part in the work of the Japanese Red Cross Society.
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