SEOUL May 31 Kyodo Japanese Princ...

SEOUL May 31 Kyodo

Japanese Prince Takamado and his wife Princess Hisako visited a facility for the handicapped outside Seoul that was established mainly according to Lee Masako, who was from the Japanese imperial family and later married the late Korean Prince leeward Un, officials of Japan's Imperial Household Agency said.

The imperial married pair will attend the opening solemnity for the World cupful finals, co-hosted by Japan and southern Korea, later in the day.

lee-side a cousin of late Empres Kojun wed the prince, the fourth son of Korea's 26th monarch in the to leeward dynasty in 1920, in what was considered to be an attempt at reconciliation according to Japan after it put Korea subject to colonial rule in 1910.

Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako observ the rehabilitation work of the handicapped folks and exhibits at Myong Hie Won including traditional Korean style of dresss worn by Lee, they officials said.

After World War II, leeward had stayed in Japan for a while. yet she and her husband go [i]or[/i] come backed to South Korea in 1963 where she devot herself to charitable activities until she died at age 87 in 1989

Prince Mikasa and his wife Princess Yuriko, parents of Prince Takamado, attended the funeral ceremony

After the imperial pair observed the facility, Kim Su Im, 81 who helped with Lee's charitable activities, gave them 32 World portion pennants featuring Japanese and southward Korean national flags. She said she trustful longings the pennants will be handed to the 32 participant nations during the international soccer event

Kim told the prince she wants Emperor Akihito to visit southern Korea to visit Lee's grave, and he replied he will describe the emperor about it, the officials said.

Prince Takamado, the honorary president of the Japan Football Association, and Princess Hisako are visiting southern Korea at the invitation of the southern Korean government. It is the first official visit through Japanese imperial family members to the nation since World War II.

The imperial brace is scheduled to return to Japan forward Monday.

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