悠仁さま、１４歳に　学校再開、元気に通学

　秋篠宮ご夫妻の長男悠仁さまは６日、１４歳の誕生日を迎えられた。現在、お茶の水女子大付属中の２年生。新型コロナウイルスの感染拡大で２月下旬から６月まで休校が続き、お住まいの宮邸で課題やオンライン授業に取り組んだ。例年より短い２週間余りの夏休みも終わり、元気に通学しているという。
　宮内庁によると、１年生の２学期に開かれた生徒祭では、グループごとにまとめた内容を同級生と一緒に発表。学校ではまた、特別支援学校の教員や卒業生らから、車いす体験などを通じて障害者の置かれた状況を学ぶ機会もあった。
　休校中は学校の課題のほか、読書をしたり、生き物や自然など関心の高い事柄について自主的な研究を進めたりした。５月にはご家族や宮家の職員と医療用ガウンを手作りし、秋篠宮さまが総裁を務める恩賜財団済生会に寄贈。新型コロナの影響について、ご家族と一緒にオンラインで専門家から説明を受けることもあった。（2020/09/06-00:09）

Japan's Prince Hisahito, second in line to the Imperial throne, turned 14 on Sunday, as he attends junior high school after a shortened two-week summer holiday.
   The prince, a second-grader at Ochanomizu University Junior High School in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, studied and joined online classes at his residence from late February to June, when the school was closed due to the novel coronavirus crisis.
   In a school festival when he was a first-grader, Prince Hisahito made a presentation as part of group activity. He also had an opportunity to learn about circumstances surrounding people with disabilities from teachers and former students of a special needs school via wheelchair experience.
   During the school closure, the prince, the third child and only son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, did homework, read books and conducted voluntary research about fields of his interest such as animals and nature.
   In May, Prince Hisahito hand-crafted medical gowns together with his family and staff and donated them to the Saiseikai Imperial Gift Foundation, headed by the Crown Prince.