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JAPANESE Crown Prince Naruhito has used his 44th birthday to ask for an end to the pressure on his wife to have a second child. The Imperial Household Agency said in December that Crown Princess Masako, a 40-year-old former elite diplomat, would cancel her official duties for a few months to rest up.
Besides the stress of being crown princess, "there has been a lot of pressure on her regarding the issue of our successor", Naruhito told a news conference held prior to his birthday today..
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