Tokyo, Sept. 5.
His Imperial Highness Prince Nagahisa Kitashirakawa, Captain of Artillery and cousin of the Emperor of Japa, was killed in action when the plane in which His Highness was riding crashed "somewhere in Inner Mongolia," it was formally announced at 1 o'clock this afternoon in a communique issued by the War Office.
Prince Kitashirakawa, who was 30 years old, had been serving as a staff Officer attached to the Japanese Expeditionary Forces to China when he met death yesterday in the aeroplane accident.
His Highness is survived by his mother, the Dowager Princess Fusako, seventh daughter of the late Emperor Meiji, grandfather of the present Monarch, and his Consort, Princess Sachiko. He also leaves his sister, Princess Taeko, his son Prince Michihisa, three years old, and his daughter, Princess Hatsuko, one year old.
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