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Prince Tomohito says he has drunk heavily since he was a college student.
TOKYO — A senior member of the royal family has begun speaking publicly about his alcoholism, breaking a deep taboo about problem drinking, which many Japanese consider too shameful to discuss.
"I'm Prince Tomohito, the alcoholic," the 61-year-old cousin of Emperor Akihito said Saturday in a lecture at a nonprofit center for the disabled in the northern city of Sendai, according Hiroshi Shirai, a deputy director at the center.
The prince's alcoholism has been considered an embarrassment for officials at the palace, which tends to keep secret anything that might harm the royal family's image.
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