Prince Katsura, cousin of Emperor Akihito, dies at 66
15:05, 8 June 2014
TOKYO. KAZINFORM Prince Katsura, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, died of acute heart failure at a Tokyo hospital at 10:55 a.m. Sunday, the Imperial Household Agency said. He was 66.
The prince was taken to the University of Tokyo Hospital in a critical condition earlier in the day, the agency said. He has been in and out of hospital in recent years due to illnesses such as blood poisoning and possible infectious diseases since suffering an acute subdural hematoma, a condition in which blood gathers around or inside the brain, in 1988, Kyodo reports.