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| | JapanDiscovery: Japanese Monarchy | japanese emperor, japanese monarchy |
 | | The 1947 Imperial Household Law defines the imperial household as: the empress (kõgõ), the empress dowager (kõtaigõ), the grand empress dowager (tai-kõtaigõ), the crown prince (kõtaishi) and his consort, the imperial grandson who is heir apparent (kõtaison) and his consort, the shinnõ and their consorts, the naishinnõ, the õ and their consorts, and the nyoõ. |
 | | The legitimate children and male line grandchildren of an emperor are shinnõ (imperial princes) in the case of males and naishinnõ (imperial princesses) in the case of females. |
 | | The Empress, formerly Miss Shoda Michiko, was born in Tokyo on 24 October 1934, the eldest daughter of the late Mr. |
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