Japanese Princess Mikasa has died at the age of 101, Japanese public television reported.
Before she passed away, she was hospitalized in serious condition due to progressive failure of vital organs.
Princess Mikasa was the wife of Prince Mikasa, who died in 2016. also at the age of 101.
At the time, he was the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family. Prince Mikasa was the uncle of Japan's former Emperor Akihito. During the Second World War, he served in the cavalry and was among the troops that participated in the fighting in occupied China.
After the surrender, he devoted himself to research, studied the history of Ancient Egypt and was known as an athlete and public figure. Prince and Princess Mikasa were married in 1941.