Crown Prince & Crown Princess Akishino Current Events Part 1: May 2019 -

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Crown Princess Kiko visited earthquake-hit Ishikawa Prefecture today, April 26:


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Crown Princess Kiko viewed an exhibition about tuberculosis at the Kiyose City Museum in Tokyo today, April 30:

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Crown Princess Kiko's message for 2024 World TB Day (March 24): MESSAGE FROM HER IMPERIAL HIGHNESS CROWN PRINCESS AKISHINO OF JAPAN, HONORARY MEMBER OF THE UNION | The Union

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On April 15th, Crown Princess Kiko attended meetings at the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo. She met the chairman about the current state of tuberculosis and future of the association, followed by meetings with the administrative and public relations staff, and Comprehensive Health Checkup Promotion Center staff. She was briefed on data management, medical treatment content, and future initiatives. Crown Princess Kiko toured the Comprehensive Health Checkup Promotion Center: examination rooms, ultrasound examination room, and blood collection room.

Afterwards, Crown Princess Kiko met about 70 staff members who presented her with flowers to mark her 30th anniversary as president of Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association. She assumed the role in April 1994, succeeding Princess Chichibu (Setsuko).

Photos: Imperial Household Agency, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (PDF)

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More content on April 26 in Ishikawa Prefecture: Crown Princess Kiko visited Kanazawa University Kakuma Campus, Kanazawa University Hospital, prefectural branch of Tuberculosis Prevention Association, and an evacuation center.

Photos: TBS, AP Images

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More on April 30 at Kiyose City Museum's permanent exhibition on tuberculosis and Kiyose Hospital monument in Tokyo.

Photos: Asahi, AFLO Images, AP Images

Japan's Princess Kiko tours historic Tokyo suburban tuberculosis treatment hub - The Mainichi

[...] Since the 1931 opening of Tokyo National Hospital (formerly Kiyose Hospital), sanatoriums and research facilities have been successively built in the city. Crown Princess Kiko visited the Kiyose City Museum to see daily items used by tuberculosis patients at the time and self-published print works in which patients contributed their writings.

Regarding the history of the shopping district that developed as the number of medical facilities increased, she said, "The patients, their families, medical personnel and local community must have supported each other."

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After touring the museum, she visited the Kiyose Hospital's monument within the municipal central park. She then visited a residential area that formerly hosted sanatoriums and a place where large cherry trees planted by patients for horticultural therapy are still standing.

During the tour guided by association members, Crown Princess Kiko occasionally took photographs with her smartphone while taking notes. At the site where the wooden huts used for open-air treatment remain, she expressed gratitude, saying, "We are able to see this thanks to everyone's efforts (at preservation)."

Crown Princess Kiko, President of Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Visits Kiyose City Museum in Tokyo - The Japan News