Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family to 16 people, and only 4 men, as the country faces questions about the future under a male-only succession law.

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently.

This Friday, November 15, 2024, will go down as one of the darkest days in Japan's history. Princess Yuriko, the longest-serving member of the Japanese imperial family, has died at

Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, died of natural causes at a Tokyo hospital early

She married the brother of wartime Emperor Hirohito less than two months before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of Japan's royal family and great aunt to the emperor, died aged 101 on Friday in a Tokyo hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said.

Princess Yuriko became the sister-in-law of Japan's World War II-era Emperor Hirohito when she married his brother Prince Mikasa.

Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese Imperial Family, passed away on Friday, November 15 at age 101.

Japanese Princess Yuriko, eldest member of the imperial family and the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother, has died after her health lately

Yuriko's contributions and Japan's royal succession crisis. Yuriko raised five children and supported her husband's research into ancient Near Eastern history. She also fulfilled

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. She was 101.