Certain packages, it reported, had been delivered to a high-ranking official of the Imperial Household Agency.

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While the Imperial Household Agency is studiously silent on this issue, officials are said to be intently studying cases and laws governing European dynasties.

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The Imperial Household Agency had asked that extra handrails be put into the hallways leading to the athletic field where Masako and her sister-in-law, Princess Kiko, were to attend the event.

CNN: AN HEIR OF CHANGE IN JAPAN