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Crown Prince of Japan (1989–2019); heir apparent (1989–2019)."},{"q":"Where did Naruhito study?","a":"Naruhito was educated at Gakushuin University, Merton College, Gakushuin Boys' Junior and Senior High School, Gakushuin Primary School."}],"related":[{"name":"Hirohito","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hirohito"},{"name":"Akihito","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/akihito"},{"name":"Emperor Go-Sanjō","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-go-sanjo"},{"name":"Empress Meishō","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/empress-meisho"},{"name":"Emperor Go-Komatsu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-go-komatsu"},{"name":"Emperor Taishō","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-taisho"},{"name":"Emperor Kanmu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-kanmu"},{"name":"Emperor Shōmu","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-shomu"},{"name":"Emperor Junna","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/emperor-junna"},{"name":"Abdullah II of Jordan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdullah-ii-of-jordan"},{"name":"Abdullah II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdullah-ii"},{"name":"Saud of Saudi Arabia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/saud-of-saudi-arabia"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/naruhito-7642fe8fb9.jpg","width":500,"height":654,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Presidencia de Guatemala","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emperor_Naruhito_20250611_(54582524056,_cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Naruhito","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naruhito","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): नारोहितो","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8B","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q217096","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q217096","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Emperor Naruhito 20250611 (54582524056, cropped).jpg by Presidencia de Guatemala (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emperor_Naruhito_20250611_(54582524056,_cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Naruhito, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Emperor Naruhito 20250611 (54582524056, cropped).jpg — Presidencia de Guatemala, Public domain.","cite":"\"Naruhito\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/naruhito. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T07:57:51Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/naruhito","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/naruhito","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/naruhito?lang=ne"}}