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Japan s Prince Hisahito receives kids nonfiction lit award for travel account The Mainichi
FUKUOKA Japan s Prince Hisahito, 14, son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, was awarded a second-place prize in the junior high student division of the 12th Children s Nonfiction Literature Awards, the government of host city Kitakyushu announced on March 12.
According to the city and the Imperial Household Agency, Prince Hisahito, a second-year student at Ochanomizu University Junior High School in Tokyo, wrote an essay titled Visiting the Ogasawara Islands, as part of his summer vacation homework. The essay was submitted for consideration by his school.