Princess Akiko of Mikasa becomes a visiting professor at Ritsumeikan University

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Princess Akiko of Mikasa talks about her research during a symposium at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto in May 2010.

Princess Akiko of Mikasa became a visiting professor at Ritsumeikan University on Friday, the Imperial Household Agency has announced. She is to give lectures on Japanese culture, her specialty, and other topics at the Kyoto-based university’s College of Letters and Graduate School of Letters, the agency said.