Crown Prince Naruhito seen as "slightly shy" in U.K.: archives

Photo taken Dec. 15, 1983 shows Prince Naruhito (2nd from L), the eldest son of then Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and then Crown Princess Michiko, chatting with friends at the University of Oxford's Merton College, England. The current crown prince was described as "personable, although slightly shy" by British officials in 1984, according to newly released government files at the National Archives in London. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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