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: Japan's Princess Kiko gives birth to boy:
: report 51 minutes ago
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: TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Princess Kiko gave
: birth on Wednesday to a baby boy -- the
: first male heir to be born into the ancient
: imperial family in more than four decades,
: Japanese media reported.
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: Kiko, 39, the wife of the emperor's younger
: son, Prince Akishino, gave birth by
: Caesarean section after pregnancy
: complications, public broadcaster NHK said.
: The child will be third in line to the
: throne after the crown prince and Akishino.
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: The birth will likely derail debate on
: revising the 1947 imperial succession law to
: let women inherit the Japanese throne. No
: royal males have been born since the baby's
: father in 1965.
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: Crown Prince Naruhito, the emperor's elder
: son, has one daughter, 4-year-old Princess
: Aiko, who under existing law cannot ascend
: the throne.
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Any news about the boy's health? The mother's age, the artificial insimination and the difficult pregnancy makes one wonder
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