Prince Mikasa, who was a younger brother of the former Japanese Emperor Hirohito and who became an unspoken voice against Japanese Barbarity during world war II, died October 17th at a hospital in tokyo. He was 100.
The imperial house hold Agency announced the death. Japanese media reports said he had been hospitalized since May, Initially because of Pneumonia.
Prince Mikasa, fifth in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne, is the uncle of the current Emperor, Akihito. Akihito succeeded his father , Hirohito, whose 62 years reign encompassed world war II and continued until his death in 1989.
Prince Mikasa, also known as Takahito was born in the Tokyo royal palace on December 2nd 1915, he was the youngest son of Emperor Taisho and Empress Teimei, He attended schools for nobility and royalty before enrolling in a military academy where he graduated in 1936.
He married Yuriko Takagi, and they had 5 Children..Google to read more about Prince Mikasa.
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