Japanese Prince in New York Will Play Golf With Hayakawa, Tennis With Shimizu

By Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Thursday, Nov. 5. -- Princess Asaka, sister of the Emperor of Japan, and her husband, Prince Asaka, who likes to dance and play golf and tennis, are visiting New York. They are on the way home after a three-year tour.

Japanese and American diplomats met them at the pier when they arrived on the liner Paris. The royal couple greeted their compatriots according to Japanese custom, which requires deep obeisances and does not permit persons of lower rank to touch them. But they shook hands cordially with all the Americans they met, including two policemen assigned as bodyguards.

Photographers got all the pictures they wanted and the royal pair talked to reporters through Viscount Sohma, of their entourage, who speaks English. Both of them like to dance, and they danced at the Astor Hotel last night. The Prince expects to play golf with Sessue Hayakawa, the Japanese screen star, and tennis with Z. Shimizu, the Japanese champion.

The Princess was dressed in a fawn-colored frock, with a fur neckpiece of the same color, and wore a pink rose in the lapel of her coat. She is taller than the Prince.