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Proclamation
Of Heir to
Jaoan Throne
TOKIO, Nov. 7.
Crown Prince Akihito
will be proclaimed heir to
Japan's throne on Mon
day in a picturesque me-
diaeval ceremony, dating
back to the eight cent-
tury.
The ceremony will also
mark the official coming
of age of the Crown
Prince, who was 18 last
December.
The ceremony was de
layed mainly because the
imperial family had been
In mourning for the Em
press Dowager Sadako,
Akihito's grandmother,
who died 'on May 17,
1951.
General Mark Clark,
United States Far East
commander, 26 foreign
diplomats and 305 Japan
ese Government and civil
leaders -will attend.
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