Japan's Prince Hisahito is the first male royal to reach adulthood in 40 years, highlighting the challenges facing the world's oldest monarchy.

The fear of death, prejudice and discrimination at work and in marriage continues, and nuclear weapons still exist. Some 20,000 ethnic Korean residents of Hiroshima are believed to have died in the nuclear attack. So Lee lived under a Japanese name, Masaichi Egawa, until eight years ago, when he first publicly revealed his identity during a cruise where atomic bomb survivors shared their stories. Japanese bomb survivors had no government support until 1957, when their yearslong efforts won official medical support. The fear of death, prejudice and discrimination continues, and nuclear weapons still exist.