Japan after three years has reappeared in the public good Masako, depressed over allegations of having given the trope only a female heir. More
the person of the emperor, the most sacred institution of the Chrysanthemum throne, most of the courts, Parliament or the Prime Minister, Masako Owada, Masako san or more simply, a princess and future ruler of the rising sun, represents all the torments history of Japan at this time.
Beautiful, intelligent, multilingual, non-aristocratic blood, but of noble stature, the Owada has remained closed for three years within the walls of the palace, which is suffering from a severe depression. But on Tuesday, almost like a ray of sunshine after a long ice age, was released for the first time alone in public.
The television showed the princess, who visited the exhibition in a supermarket items invented by housewives. Among the patented devices: instruments and beaters for butter write to help people with disabilities. He had a white turtleneck sweater, a beige pants suit with a pearl necklace. In truth, had not disappeared entirely. On some public occasions accompanied her husband, Crown Prince Naruhito, but they were rare moments that do not alleviate the confusion of rumors about his health. In reality there was then little secret of the reason why the disease Owada was known to all: the enormous pressure of the old guard of the imperial court at her guilty of not having given birth to a male heir.
She and Naruhito have in fact only a daughter, Aiko, eight years as a female could not inherit the throne. In ancient times, the emperor could divorce his wife or almost sterile, and similar ideas seem to be circulated again to the court. Or, like other conservatives wanted, inheritance law would have to go to Naruhito's brother, who two years ago gave birth to a boy.
The question of succession it is not yet resolved. In 2005 a parliamentary committee recommended changing the law which provides the only male heir to give but also the possibility of a female heir. The year after the then Prime Minister Koizumi urged the adoption of the amended law that would allow women to ascend the throne, but to date no such law was endorsed nor knows if and when it ever will.
Somehow the recent arrival of the nephew of two years strengthened the party of the enemies of Aiko and put under new pressure to Masako. Furthermore, since the beginning things went wrong for the future empress. Founded in 1963 with two younger sisters, twins, Setsuko and Reiko, the Masako wanted to be the diplomatic like his father. The imperial marriage, forced thousands of etiquette at the beginning did not seem soothed his spirit.
It's rumored secret of his travels in Italy and Spain, perhaps with the sisters. This spirit, however, genius did not go to the standard-bearers of the tradition to the court. The Emperor is the embodiment of Japan until 70 years ago was considered a god, he talked a hieratic language, different from ordinary Japanese, has officially descended from the goddess Amatartsu. The arrival of Owada instead to the court of Japan's almost as short a bit 'trendy, almost hippy Europe, where the principles are married, divorced, have lovers, where the heirs to the throne spicy conversations are recorded and printed on tabloids. The Owada somehow took away the sacredness of the imperial throne. Perhaps this could still going well, it was in step with the times, approaching the real Tokyo than in Stockholm, London or Madrid. The lack of male heirs, however, is another thing, much more serious. It is a break with the old figure of the emperor, which ones like a puppet manipulated by the Shogun, or the modern, strong modernist reforms of Meiji era, or the contemporary one, but quite representative.
Empress Aiko, which could rise to the throne between 40-50 years, could be headed for a more modest Japan, surpassed in Asia not only from China but perhaps also India. The advent of Aiko know prophecy bad, bad luck, for conservatives seeking grandezza.O maybe not. Aiko perhaps could be the right balance in a world more complicated, in which Tokyo should learn to be more "female" soft off strong inside. Perhaps the output
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