Prince Tomohito of Mikasa
- Prince Tomohito of Mikasa
Prince Tomohito of Mikasa (三笠宮寬仁 "Mikasa no miya Tomohito shinnō"), eldest son of the current HIH Prince Mikasa and HIH Princess Mikasa (Yuriko), born 5 January 1946). He is the heir apparent to the princely house of Mikasa-no-miya.
Education
Prince Tomohito studied and graduated from the Department of Political Studies in the Faculty of Law of Gakushuin University in 1968. From 1968 - 1970, he studied abroad at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, in the UK.
For the Sapporo Winter Olympics, he served as a committee member on the organizing committee from 1970 - 1972.
Marriage and family
He met and became engaged to Ms. Aso Nobuko on 21 May 1980. She is the third daughter of the late Mr. Aso Takakichi, chairman of Aso Cement Co., and his wife, Kazuko, the daughter of former prime minister Yoshida Shigeru and the sister of current prime minister Taro Aso. The couple married on 7 November 1980. Ms. Aso was given the title HIH Princess Tomohito of Mikasa. The prince and princess have two daughters:
* Princess Akiko, b. 20 December 1981
* Princess Yōko, b. 25 October 1983
Royal duties
Prince Tomohito is president and honorary president of various organizations that concern themselves with cancer research (the Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund), having himself suffered from the disease in 2003, and various sporting-organizations (ski, billiards, rugby, etc.). He travels extensively abroad with the princess on charity and support missions that concern matters of illness and welfare.
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