Less than a year to go before His Imperial Highness Princess Eugene goes to “a university where he can study natural history,” an unprecedented statement that will have “widespread ripples and real aims.

At a regular press conference on March 29, Naomasa Yoshida, the Grand Minister of the Imperial Household, explained that His Imperial Highness Prince Hisahito was particularly interested in nature journals, which teach about insects, plants, and the natural environment, and this has become a topic of conversation among those concerned.

The term “Imperial Heir Apparent” refers to the head of the Imperial Heir Apparent position that supports His Imperial Highness Prince Akishino and his family.

Although it has only been a short period of time, the fact that one of the people most familiar with the affairs of the Akishino family mentioned Prince Hisahito of Akishino’s schooling, which is less than a year away, has drawn a great deal of attention.

There is no doubt that there has been a lot of talk about where Eugene, a junior at the University of Tsukuba High School, will go on to higher education.

It was vaguely apparent that he has a high interest in the natural environment, but the keyword “nature journal” came as a surprise in a sense. Naturally, it caused a stir and speculation, and Hokkaido University, which had not been mentioned before, appeared as a “candidate” university to which he would go on to higher education.

(The same source) “If the university is far from Tokyo, the students will have to live in lodgings, which raises the issue of security.

The department in charge of security is said to be busy gathering information, even though it is extremely difficult to obtain reliable information at this point. Not limited to Hokkaido University, I also heard again the words, ‘Security at the boarding house is quite difficult. It is said that Kei Komuro and Mako met on the university campus. Regardless of whether it is good or bad, the level of security vigilance will be of a different dimension because of his position as the “future Emperor of Japan.

By the way, what was the real purpose of the unusual reference made by the Imperial Grand Master at this press conference?

He seemed to have made the remark after assuming that it would become a topic of conversation to some extent. The news about Eugene entering the University of Tokyo has become so heated that there is no small possibility that it will affect his daily life. Based on the assumption that it is difficult for people to think directly of the University of Tokyo when they hear the word “nature magazine,” it seems that they wanted to weaken the view that “the University of Tokyo exists” by sending this message.

Of course, there is no specific destination, and it is possible that the University of Tokyo will be the final destination. What is most important, however, is that an environment is being prepared in which Prince Eugene can study a wide range of fields in which he is interested in depth.