Author Topic: Japan celebrates male heir to the throne (Read 2374 times)

Cookie · « **on:** September 06, 2006, 09:54:00 PM »

TOKYO --With shouts of "Banzai," Japanese celebrated the birth Wednesday of the imperial family's first male heir since the 1960s, a development that squelched hopes of reform to allow women on the throne.

Rakko · « **Reply #1 on:** September 06, 2006, 10:10:13 PM »

It wont happen for another 100yrs

BakHamNoi · « **Reply #2 on:** September 06, 2006, 10:28:31 PM »

BANZAI !!

Congratulation

JFC · « **Reply #3 on:** September 06, 2006, 10:41:15 PM »

Ummm....there's already a thread discussing this --> http://forum.jphip.com/showthread.php?t=5461&highlight=emperor

BakHamNoi · « **Reply #4 on:** September 06, 2006, 10:43:20 PM »

Quote from: JFC

Ummm....there's already a thread discussing this --> http://forum.jphip.com/showthread.php?t=5461&highlight=emperor

except the topic is more appropriate in the General Discussion than the Hip Joint

Cookie · « **Reply #5 on:** September 06, 2006, 10:46:10 PM »

hhhmmmm, didn't noticed that thread since it was all the way in the 2nd page. Anyway...

"YOU DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!!"

Jsmurf · « **Reply #6 on:** September 06, 2006, 10:54:07 PM »

anybody know who the father is?

j/k

, congrats

JFC · « **Reply #7 on:** September 06, 2006, 11:00:45 PM »

Quote from: Tettekete

except the topic is more appropriate in the General Discussion than the Hip Joint

Yeah I was wondering why the first thread was put in the H!P Joint instead of here. Then I noticed that the person who started it is a newbie and thus probably just didn't realize that it should go here. Oh well...we could always ask the mods to merge and move the two threads here.

Saburo · « **Reply #8 on:** September 07, 2006, 12:31:24 AM »

Princess Masako should now seek a divorce and go back to "private" life.

Shumatsu Samurai · « **Reply #9 on:** September 07, 2006, 01:14:07 AM »

Thank god it's finally over and everybody can live in peace again....

sayumi_fan · « **Reply #10 on:** September 07, 2006, 04:16:13 PM »

Quote from: Shumatsu Samurai

Thank god it's finally over and everybody can live in peace again....

I doubt very much if it's actually 'over', if we mean the discussion about the imperial succession. Koizumi's proposals a few months ago won a fair bit of support, and although there will be some short-lived satisfaction with the provision of a male heir at this stage, the misogynistic nature of the decrepit views of the Imperial Household Agency will not be tolerated forever by younger Japanese. It is inevitable that the male succession will be overthrown sooner or later if the imperial house is not to become an antiquated irrelevance.

Let's hear it for Aiko!!!

By the way, my personal favourite among the Japanese royals is Princess Kako, and it will be interesting to see her blossom in the coming years. She is much prettier than her older sister Mako and seems to have more charm. I'll be posting a separate thread for her soon.

brbr520 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 10, 2006, 08:36:43 AM »

banzai too! but if there be an queen...