The Crown Prince of Japan Visits Ghana

The Government of Japan announced on 5 February, 2010 that His Imperial Highness, the Crown Prince of Japan will pay an official visit to the Republic of Ghana from 7 March to 10 March as his first call on a Sub-Sahara African Country.

The visit was materialised in view of the friendly bilateral relationship after Crown Prince Naruhito had received an official invitation from His Excellency Prof. John Evans Atta Mills, the President of the Republic of Ghana.

Ghana was chosen as the very first Country in sub-Sahara Africa for Crown Prince Naruhito to make a visit.

The Crown Prince is scheduled to arrive at Accra from London on 7th March 2010 and to depart on 10 March 2010 for Nairobi, where he will commence his visit to the Republic of Kenya.

During his four-day visit to Ghana, the Crown Prince will pay a courtesy call to President Mills. In addition to that sites of visit will include Nkrumah Mausoleum, Mary Star of the Sea International School, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi’s Memorial Laboratory in Korle-Bu Hospital and Akosombo, in the Eastern Region.

Furthermore, Crown Prince Naruhito is scheduled to attend the first Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Memorial Symposium held in Accra on 9th March 2010.

The Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize was founded in commemoration of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, a Japanese Doctor who died in Accra in 1928 after sacrificing himself for his research on the Yellow Fever.

The symposium will be held by the Government of Japan for the purpose of renewing the public interest of this Prize and deepening the understanding of the importance in research and health system in tackling health challenges in Africa.

Name:         Naruhito
Lineage:         Eldest Son of His Majesty the Emperor
Personal Title:         Prince Hiro (Hiro-no-Miya)
Date of Birth:         23 February 1960
Coming of Age Ceremony:        23 February 1980 (at the age of 20)
Investiture as Crown Prince:        23 February 1991
Honorary Positions:         Honorary Vice-President of the Japanese Red Cross Society
Family:
Her Imperial Highness Crown Princess Masako (Married in 9 June 1993)
Her Imperial Highness Princess Aiko (Born in 1 December 2001)
Education:
1982:         Graduated from the Department of History in the Faculty of Letters, Gakushuin University
1983-1985:        Studied abroad at Merton College, University of Oxford, UK
1988:         Completed first part of doctorate at the Graduate School of Humanities, Gakushuin University.


Source:        Embassy Of Japan In The Republic Of Ghana