Its A Boy!

[Stix Chix]

Princess gives birth to boy -- Yahoo

he boy, the first male heir born in Japan since Akishino in 1965, was born at 8:27 a.m. and weighed about 7 1/2 pounds, the palace said.

[Stix Chix]

It's a prince! -- The Internet Forum

[Jenee]

I think it is a good thing for the pressure to be taken off... however, I still think the law should be changed.

Happy birthday little baby!!

[riley]

Thankfully he's healthy too. Now there's a ton of pressure off of Kiko and the other wives. I'm glad all worked out well for their family. Many blessings to the baby. Cheers.

[hippie_cyndi]

Times

funny...how the only plp coming out 2 celebrate 'Banzai' are only men 

The arrival of a boy derails plans to allow women to succeed to the throne, which were to have been put before Japan’s parliament, the Diet.

“It is better for us to warmly watch over [the baby] quietly for the time being,” said Junichiro Koizumi, the outgoing Prime Minister, who supported the idea of a reigning empress. “I think it is better for us to spend ample time to contemplate what the imperial family means . . . we’re not talking about submitting [the Bill] to the Diet next year or something like that.”

But he went on to make the point that historians and members of the imperial court had been quietly emphasising in the build-up to yesterday’s birth: that one male baby did not in itself ensure the survival of the imperial line.

i think the problem will also be eliminated....if when a princess marries 'a commoner'...she doesn't lose her title...&...place in the IH...which is as bad as banning a female from becoming an empress 

[Kuei Fei]

Aiko could ascend, but marry a nobleman from an ancient noble house with an emperor as an ancestor. Either way, it's nice to hear of another royal birth.

[blue eyes]

congratulations