Shingo Haketa

is a Japanese bureaucrat. He was installed as Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency on 1 April, 2005.

Appointed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, promoter of equal primogeniture, Haketa is known as a supporter of the report submitted by the Advisory Council on the Imperial House Law, recommending equal primogeniture. He criticized Prince Tomohito of Mikasa for his comment that agnatic succession should be kept, and requested the members of the Imperial House to refrain from expressing their opinion on the succession. Right after the birth of Prince Hisahito of Akishino, he commented that the newborn prince would not solve the succession crisis, and insisted that the law be changed.

He had worked at the Ministry of Health until he was installed as Vice-Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency in 2001. Among his senior workers at the Ministry of Health is Teijiro Furukawa (), a member of the Advisory Council on the Imperial House Law.

See also

*Japanese Imperial succession controversy

References

*Sankei Shimbun, 1 April, 2005.
*Yomiuri Shimbun Morning News, 11 November, 2005.
*Yomiuri Shimbun Morning News, 13 September, 2006.