Oh wow, it must be insane to be co-author to the emperor!
From the outside it's a weird juxtaposion of a traditional, old (from a European point of view) system of state and an everyday modern way of conducting scientific research. You'd just not expect this kind of contact, somehow.
> From the outside it's a weird juxtaposion of a traditional, old (from a European point of view) system of state and an everyday modern way of conducting scientific research. You'd just not expect this kind of contact, somehow.
Well, what seems to be the most visible European monarchy outside of its own country (the British) seems to still largely adhere to the custom of the monarch (and, to a lesser extent, the close royal family) refraining from anything that looks like work (military service of the close royal family being a notable exception) outside of royal duties, which might color that expectation.
> Prince William is a professional coast guard helicopter pilot.
That was among his military roles, yes; perhaps more to the point he took a paid (though his entire salary was donated) position as a pilot with the East Anglia Air Ambulance for a couple years, which I think was a bit unusual (but as it was paid work for a charity with the whole salary donated back to the charity, arguably is really a form of charity volunteer work, which probably should be listed as an exception along with military service for the close royal family.)
The one case I've seen that seems this way is that the first author of this paper on fish genetics [1] is listed as "Akihito".
[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26475939