(6)Princess Masako hospitalized for delivery

(6)Princess Masako hospitalized for delivery

TOKYO, Japan - Hirofumi Oka, head of the Imperial Household Agency's General Affairs Division, holds a news conference at his agency in Tokyo on Dec. 1. He said the princess does not have labor pains, but was hospitalized Nov. 30 after showing ''signs she is ready to give birth.'' The princess is moving ''smoothly toward delivery'' of her baby, he added.

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