TOKYO (AP) - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito said the pressures of royal life, motherhood and media scrutiny over the lack of an heir to the throne has taken its toll on the health of the crown princess.
Naruhito blamed the media for worsening the pressure with unusually direct comments during a birthday news conference. The news conference was Thursday, but the journalists were required to delay their reports until Naruhito's birthday on Monday.
Princess Masako has assumed a low profile since she was hospitalized for herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, in December. The popular 40-year-old princess said last month that her health had deteriorated because of the intense mental and physical strain of life in the palace.
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Masako, a Harvard graduate who gave up a career at the Foreign Ministry to marry Naruhito in 1993, has occasionally alluded to the difficulties of adjusting to royal life. She also had a miscarriage before Aiko.
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