Prince Akishino and his wife, Princess Kiko, left for a 10-day trip to Chile on Monday to deepen international friendship on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties with Japan.
The prince, the youngest of the two sons born to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, is scheduled with the princess to meet representatives of an estimated 3,000 people of Japanese descent living in the South American country soon after arriving in Santiago on Tuesday afternoon local time.
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