Princess Yuriko of Japan, the Imperial Family’s eldest member, died at 101 years old on Nov. 15 at a Tokyo hospital. Her health had taken a sharp decline after a stroke and pneumonia in March of this year.

Tokyo: Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. She was 101.

This Friday, November 15, 2024, will go down as one of the darkest days in Japan's history. Princess Yuriko, the longest-serving member of the Japanese imperial family, has died at

Princess Yuriko was the longest-living member of the imperial family since the Meiji Era (1868-1912) and her death marks the first in the family in eight years since that of Prince Mikasa in 2016. With her death, the imperial family is now made up of 16 people.

Japanese Princess Yuriko has passed away at the age of 101 following a recent decline in her health, according to palace officials.

Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of the Japanese royal family, died at 101 after being hospitalized since March. Born Yuriko Takagi in 1923, she married Prince Takahito and had five children.

Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese Imperial Family, passed away on Friday, November 15 at age 101.

She married the brother of wartime Emperor Hirohito less than two months before Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.