Graduated From College In Gakushuin, Japanese Emperor Princess Aiko's Single Child Started Working In The Red Cross

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JAKARTA - Princess Aiko, the only child of Japanese Emperor Naruhito, will start working at the Japan Red Cross Association in April this year after graduating from university. It has not been mentioned the tasks that will be carried out by the 2001-born daughter. Putri Aiko is not on the line of succession because Japanese law only allows men to rise to the throne. Japan has the oldest hereditary monarchy in the world. In a statement, Putri Aiko said that she was always interested in the Red Cross. While the red cross said "Making thorough preparation so that the princess can work comfortably," quoted from the BBC, Tuesday, January 23. The organization has close ties to the imperial family, with its previous empress to serve as president of honor. In October, Putri Aiko visited the association with her parents to observe an exhibition on her assistance activities after the Tokyo 1923 earthquake. In recent years, she has also expressed her sympathy for the victims and survivors of natural disasters in Japan. Aiko is currently in his final year of study at the Faculty of Letters, Gakushuin University, majoring in Japanese languages and literature. The princess is generally respected by the Japanese public. Many of them welcomed his new role. The mother of Putri Aiko, the Queen of Masako, is known as the daughter and empress of "a career woman" in Japan. Educated at Harvard and Oxford, the empress is a former diplomat who is fluent in several languages. In 1993, he became the second ordinary person, after former Queen Michiko, who married the heir to the first Japanese throne. But once married, speculation flared up about whether and when he would produce a male heir. Princess Aiko's birth in 2001 was celebrated a lot but did not solve the succession problem. The Japanese government then began to debate whether to change the law to allow women to rise to the throne. Five years later, Emperor Naruhito's younger brother welcomed a baby boy, Prince Hisahito, to avoid a succession crisis. But the pressure on Crown Princess Masako at that time was evident when she disappeared from public view for more than a decade.

In 2004, Crown Prince Naruhito at the time told reporters with very harsh comments that his wife had "completely exhausted" trying to adapt to the life of the palace. The palace later announced that the princess was suffering from "adjustment disorders", which was widely seen as a reference for depression.