Japan prince says his wife trying to resume duties

[Coventina]

Source: Reuters

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito said on Thursday his wife, who is suffering from stress-related mental illness, is doing her best to fully resume her duties and asked for understanding of her health problems.

Crown Princess Masako, a 45-year-old former diplomat educated at Harvard and Oxford, has been suffering for several years from a mental disorder caused by the difficulty of adjusting to the restrictions of palace life. She will not accompany her husband on his first visit to Vietnam, which starts on Monday.

"Masako is doing her best to be able to resume as many official duties as possible, so I would like to ask you to watch over her with kindness and take a long-term view," Naruhito told a news conference at his residence in Tokyo.

Masako had once hoped to use her diplomatic skills as a sort of "royal envoy," but her activities were restrained by court officials, royal watchers have said.



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[Avalux]

1. She's not mentally ill; she's being controlled by men - essentially a prisoner.

She has not choice but to do what they tell her for the rest of her life.

[ZombieHorde]

5. What makes you say this?

[TwilightGardener]

2. Read to the end, the whole family is suffering from "stress-related illness"--

why is being the royal family of Japan so uniquely "stressful" that none of them can cope?

[madaboutharry]

3. She is suffering

from "I am not allowed to be my own person" syndrome.

[Bonobo]

4. Bastards (court officials) did the same thing to his mother too.

They should sell that fucking land already. If you have ever lived in Tokyo, you would be sick to see how much green they have for themselves in the middle of the city.

[Karenina]

6. Boy did she goof in agreeing to marry HIM...

:-(