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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (3rd from L), Empress Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko (3rd from R) wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New Year greeting event on Jan. 2, 2026. Also attending are Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L), Crown Princess Kiko (far L), their daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R) and their son Prince Hisahito.

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Crown prince's family at art museum in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R), Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from R), their daughter Princess Kako (2nd from L) and their son Prince Hisahito (far L) visit an exhibition depicting children during and shortly after World War II at the Itabashi Art Museum in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Netanyahu Witkoff and Kushner Attend Israeli Goverment Meeting - Jerusalem

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R), U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff (3rd R) and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (1st R) attend a government meeting in Jerusalem on Oct. 9, 2025. The Israeli government on early Friday approved a ceasefire deal with Hamas to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of all remaining hostages. Photo Ma'ayan Toaf/GPO/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Princes visit Osaka expo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (3rd from L) and his son Prince Hisahito (far L) visit the World Exposition's Thailand pavilion in Osaka on Sept. 25, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince's family watches dance performance

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (3rd from L), his wife Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from R), their daughter Princess Kako (L) and their son Prince Hisahito (R) watch a Ryukyu dance performance at a Noh theater in Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, his family visit exhibition on Hiroshima

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L), Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from L), their daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R), and their son Prince Hisahito visit an exhibition on Hiroshima 80 years after the atomic bombing, at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum on July 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, his family visit exhibition on Hiroshima

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L), Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from L), their daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R), and their son Prince Hisahito visit an exhibition on Hiroshima 80 years after the atomic bombing, at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum on July 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, his family visit exhibition on Hiroshima

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L), Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from L), their daughter Princess Kako (2nd from R), and their son Prince Hisahito visit an exhibition on Hiroshima 80 years after the atomic bombing, at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum on July 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son (2nd from L) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (far L) hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (3rd from L) at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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SoftBank Group CEO Son, OpenAI CEO Altman

SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son (2nd from L) and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman (far L) hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (3rd from L) at the premier's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025.

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Entomology conference in Kyoto

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (L), Crown Princess Kiko and their son Prince Hisahito (3rd from L) visit the first day of the six-day International Congress of Entomology in Kyoto, western Japan, on Aug. 25, 2024. (Pool photo)

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(GloriousGuizhou) CHINA-GUIZHOU-JIANHE-PALEONTOLOGY-GRASSROOTS EXPERT(CN)

(240717) -- JIANHE, July 17, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Liu Feng (2nd L, back) and his son Liu Xingyu (3rd L, back) introduce paleontological knowledge to visitors at Balang Paleontological Fossils Exhibition Hall in Jianhe County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 15, 2024. Liu Feng, 55, is the curator of the Fossil Exhibition Hall in Balang Miao Village in Jianhe County. He also serves as a dedicated administrator at the Miaoling National Geopark in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture. Since 1990, Liu has worked with teams from the paleontological research center of Guizhou University on field scientific expeditions, helping to excavate a large number of fossils. With support from local authorities, he even transformed his home into the fossil exhibition hall, displaying the fossils collected by the research teams. When visitors come to this village, Liu Feng always shares his knowledge of fossils. Locals affectionately call

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Opening Of 5th Amman International Film Festival - Amman

Jordan’s Prince Ali bin Hussein (L), his wife Princess Rym, daughter Jalila and son Abdullah attend the opening ceremony of the 5th edition of the Amman International Film Festival, in Amman, Jordan, on July 3rd, 2024. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Opening Of 5th Amman International Film Festival - Amman

Jordan’s Prince Ali ibn Hussein (R) chat with his daughter Jalila and his son Abdullah at the opening ceremony of the 5th edition of the Amman International Film Festival, in Amman, Jordan, on July 3rd, 2024. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Arab Leaders Pray for Eid el Fitr

King of Jordan Abdullah II (2nd from R) and his son, Crown Prince Hussein (3rd from L) seen during the ‘Eid el Fitr’ prayer, marking the end of the month of Ramadan, at the Royal Guard Mosque, in Aqaba, Jordan, on April 10, 2024. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Funeral of Ira von Furstenberg - Rome

Ira Von Furstenberg’s son Hubertus von Hohenlohe (4th from right), his wife Simona (3rd from left) and family attend the funeral of Ira Von Furstenberg in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Montesanto known as the ‘Church of the Artists’ at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy on February 23, 2024. Princess Virginia von Furstenberg known as Ira von Furstenberg died in Rome at the age of 83 on February 18. Photo: Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral of Ira von Furstenberg - Rome

Ira Von Furstenberg’s son Hubertus von Hohenlohe (3rd from right), his wife Simona (3rd from left) and family attend the funeral of Ira Von Furstenberg in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Montesanto known as the ‘Church of the Artists’ at Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy on February 23, 2024. Princess Virginia von Furstenberg known as Ira von Furstenberg died in Rome at the age of 83 on February 18. Photo: Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CORRECTED: Crown Prince, son attend event in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and his son, Prince Hisahito (3rd from L), attend an event in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Savoy Family attends Opening Day of the Exposition About Their History - Turin

Prince Vittorio Emanuele and his son Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy attend the History of Savoy Family Exhibition at the 'Palazzo Saluzzo di Valfre' in Turin, Italy on 3rd May 2010. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Savoy Family attends Opening Day of the Exposition About Their History - Turin

Princess Marina and Vittorio Emanuele with their son Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy attend the History of Savoy Family Exhibition at the 'Palazzo Saluzzo di Valfre in Turin, Italy on 3rd May 2010. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Savoy Family attends Opening Day of the Exposition About Their History - Turin

Prince Vittorio Emanuele and his son Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy attend the History of Savoy Family Exhibition at the 'Palazzo Saluzzo di Valfre' in Turin, Italy on 3rd May 2010. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Savoy Family attends Opening Day of the Exposition About Their History - Turin

Prince Vittorio Emanuele and his son Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy attend the History of Savoy Family Exhibition at the 'Palazzo Saluzzo di Valfre' in Turin, Italy on 3rd May 2010. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Savoy Family attends Opening Day of the Exposition About Their History - Turin

Prince Vittorio Emanuele and his son Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy attend the History of Savoy Family Exhibition at the 'Palazzo Saluzzo di Valfre' in Turin, Italy on 3rd May 2010. Photo by Marco Piovanotto/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC ASIAN CUP-KSA VS KOR

(240131) -- DOHA, Jan. 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Son Heung Min (3rd R) of South Korea cheers teammates prior to the round of 16 match between Saudi Arabia and South Korea at AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 in Doha, Qatar, Jan. 30, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Can)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC ASIAN CUP-GROUP D-IRQ VS VIE

(240124) -- DOHA, Jan. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Referee Muhammad Nazmi Nasaruddin (3rd R) shows a yellow card to Nguyen Thai Son (2nd L) of Vietnam during the Group D match between Iraq and Vietnam at AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 at Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Jan. 24 2024. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC ASIAN CUP-GROUP E-JOR VS KOR

(240120) -- DOHA, Jan. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Son Heung Min (3rd L) of South Korea misses a chance to score during the Group E match between Jordan and South Korea at AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 in Doha, Qatar, Jan. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Can)

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(SP)QATAR-DOHA-FOOTBALL-AFC ASIAN CUP-GROUP E-KOR VS BHR

(240115) -- DOHA, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's Son Heung Min (2nd L) talks with Lee Kangin (3rd L) during the Group E match between South Korea and Bahrain at AFC Asian Cup Qatar 2023 in Doha, Qatar, Jan. 15 2024. (Xinhua/Cao Can)

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Japan crown prince in Vietnam

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (3rd from R) and his wife Crown Princess Kiko visit World Heritage-listed My Son ruins in the suburbs of Da Nang, central Vietnam, on Sept. 24, 2023.

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Crown Prince Fumihito at cultural festival

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and his son Prince Hisahito (3rd from R) visit a farm during a national high school cultural festival in Soo in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 30, 2023.

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Crown Prince Fumihito at cultural festival

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (back, 2nd from R) and his son Prince Hisahito (back, 3rd from R) visit a farm during a national high school cultural festival in Soo in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 30, 2023.

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Crown Prince Fumihito visits emigration museum

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L), Crown Princess Kiko (3rd from L) and their son Prince Hisahito (R) visit a Japan International Cooperation Agency museum on Japanese emigrants to the Americas in Yokohama near Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Prince Hisahito, 3rd in line to Japanese throne, turns 8

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito (L), accompanied by his mother Princess Kiko, passes by car through a gate to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2014, his eighth birthday, to meet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. Prince Hisahito, the son of Prince Akishino and Kiko, is third line to the throne in Japan's imperial family after his uncle Crown Prince Naruhito and his father.

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Softbank celebrates start of solar power plants

NIIGATA, Japan - Softbank Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son (3rd from R), Kyoto Mayor Daisaku Kadokawa (4th from R) and others gather at a ceremony in the city of Kyoto on July 1, 2012, to commemorate the start of operation at a solar power plant in the city operated by SB Energy Corp., a Softbank Corp. subsidiary. A ceremony was also held the same day in Gunma Prefecture for the start of operation at another solar power plant operated by SB Energy.

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Prince Akishino family

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino (R), the younger son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, visits an exhibition at the Museum of the Imperial Collections in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 26, 2012, with his wife Princess Kiko (2nd from R), their daughters Princess Mako (3rd from R) and Princess Kako (4th from R) and son, Prince Hisahito (far L). (Pool photo)

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Softbank advances to Japan Series

FUKUOKA, Japan - Masayoshi Son (2nd from R, front row), chairman and chief executive officer of Softbank Corp. and owner of the baseball club Softbank Hawks, Sadaharu Oh (3rd from L, front row), chairman of the Pacific League club, and manager Koji Akiyama (4th from L, front row) pose with the Hawks players at Yahoo Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 5, 2011. The Hawks advanced to the Japan Series by beating the Seibu Lions in the Climax Series.

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Kim Jong Un at anniversary event

BEIJING, China - Kim Jong Un (L), North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's 3rd son and the country's leader-in-waiting, and Ri Yong Ho, chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army, watch an event marking the 65th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang in October 2010.

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Court grants S. Korean woman A-bomb health passbook

NAGASAKI, Japan - Kang Sok Chong (3rd from L), 69-year-old son of Chong Nam Su, 88, rejoices at a Nagasaki District Court ruling on Nov. 10. The court ordered the state and the Nagasaki prefectural government to give the South Korean woman an atomic-bomb sufferer's health passbook and associated benefits, declaring illegal the prefecture's earlier refusal to issue it to her under an old rule.

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Prince Akishino, daughter visit African exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino (2nd from R), the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and his eldest daughter Princess Mako (3rd from R) look at the exhibits during their visit to an Afridan art exhibition in Tokyo's on Aug. 29.

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Prince Akishino, daughter visit African exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino (2nd from R), the second son of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and his eldest daughter Princess Mako (3rd from R) look at the exhibits during their visit to an Afridan art exhibition in Tokyo's on Aug. 29.

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Royal family on summer holiday

SHIMODA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko take a walk on the Mitsuihama beach in the town of Shimoda in Shizuoka Prefecture with the family of their second son Prince Akishino (3rd from L) on Aug. 4. (Pool photo)

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Mother of student slain in U.S. seeks support for exchange program

NAGOYA, Japan - Mieko Hattori (R), the mother of a 16-year-old boy who was shot dead in 1992 while studying in the United States, calls for support for a 10-year-old Japan-U.S. student exchange foundation commemorating her son during her meeting with Nagoya Mayor Takehisa Matsubara (3rd from L). The Japan-Louisiana Friendship Foundation, established in 1994 in memory of Hattori's son Yoshihiro, has realized exchange visits by 60 Japanese and American students to broaden friendship and promote gun control.

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Lucie Blackman's remains head home with British family

NARITA, Japan - Jane Blackman (3rd from L), mother of Lucie Blackman, a British woman whose dismembered body was discovered last month in a beach cave southwest of Tokyo, prepares to depart Japan from Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for home March 3 with her daughter's remains. She was accompanied by her 20-year-old daughter Sophie (R) and 17-year-old son Rupert.

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FRC inks accord to sell NCB to Softbank-led group

TOKYO, Japan - Tadayo Homma (L), next president of Nippon Credit Bank (NCB), joins hand with Shunsuke Takeda (2nd from L), vice president of leasing company Orix Corp., Softbank Corp. founder and President Masayoshi Son (3rd from L), and Tomochika Iwashita (R), managing director of Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., at a Tokyo hotel on June 6 after the government's Financial Reconstruction Commission (FRC) and Deposit Insurance Corp. (DIC) signed a basic agreement earlier in the day to sell the nationalized NCB to the tripartite consortium led by Softbank.

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Bereaved Japanese mother speaks at 'Million Mom March'

WASHINGTON, United States - Mieko Hattori (3rd from L) from Nagoya, central Japan, calls for solidarity in struggling to curb gun violence in the ''Million Mom March'' gun-control rally in Washington on May 14. Tens of thousands of mothers from across the United States took to the streets of the U.S. capital on Mother's Day to demonstrate against gun violence that has claimed the lives of many of their children. Hattori's 16-year-old son, Yoshihiro, was an exchange student at a U.S. high school when he was fatally shot in 1992.

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2nd time for woman saved from under quake rubble

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Merhat Ozturk (3rd from L), 74, lies in an Istanbul hospital Aug. 22 following her rescue by a Japanese team from debris some 58 hours after last week's killer earthquake in northwestern Turkey. Her son Ahmet (R) said the woman, who was staying in Yalova when the quake struck, had also been rescued from a collapsed building 60 years ago after a temblor hit eastern Turkey.

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(SP)QATAR-AL RAYYAN-2022 WORLD CUP-GROUP H-KOR VS GHA

(221128) -- AL RAYYAN, Nov. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Son Heung-min (3rd R) of South Korea reacts at the end of the Group H match between South Korea and Ghana at the 2022 FIFA World Cup at Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Nov. 28, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)

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"Chiune Sugihara Square" in Jerusalem

Nobuki Sugihara (3rd from R), a son of wartime Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, credited with helping Jewish refugees escape Nazi persecution by issuing transit visas, attends a ceremony at a square in Jerusalem on Oct. 11, 2021, after the square was named "Chiune Sugihara Square."

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Olympic flame arrives in Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Li Binghua (3rd from R), vice president of the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee, shakes hands with Pak Hak Son, chairman of North Korea's Olympic Committee, as the Olympic flame arrives at Pyongyang's international airport early April 28. (Kyodo)