Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko marry before television audience of 15 million

Category
Government
Place
Japan
Date
1959
Reference
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"The engagement and marriage of the crown prince marked an important shift in the evolution of the monarchy. To hear the words 'commoner' and 'love' joined to the imperial family was distinctively new and very popular. . . . In February 1959 a Japanese opinion poll showed 87 percent support for Akihito's choice of a commoner. . . . Crown Prince Akihito and Michiko were united on April 10, 1959, before a huge television audience estimated at fifteen million viewers; another half million lined the route of their marriage parade." [Hirohito, p. 661-2]

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Emperor Akihito
1989
2019
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