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Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 5 Kyodo - Japanese Crown Prince Akihito (far L) chats with University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus Edred John Henry Corner, the winner of the 1985 International Prize for Biology, while Japanese Crown Princess Michiko (2nd from R) chats with the professor's wife after the award ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 1985. (Kyodo)

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Japan crown prince at biology award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 5 Kyodo - University of Cambridge Professor Emeritus Edred John Henry Corner (L, front) receives the 1985 International Prize for Biology in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 1985, with Japanese Crown Prince Akihito (top, L) and Crown Princess Michiko attending the award ceremony.(Kyodo)

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Crown prince in Fukui

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and Crown Princess Kiko (2nd from R) prepare to fertilize a tree in Fukui, central Japan, on Oct. 19, 2024, that was planted in 2009 by then Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko.

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Concert to celebrate former emperor, empress turning 90

(Front, from L) Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito, Crown princess Kiko, Princess Aiko and Princess Kako attend a concert to celebrate former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko turning 90 at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 10, 2024. The former emperor turned 90 on Dec. 23 last year, while the former empress will turn 90 on Oct. 20. (Pool photo)

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US: Shelly Fire In Siskiyou County, CA Burns More Than 3,000 Acres

The Shelly Fire, a brush fire that erupted in Siskiyou County Klamath National Forest on July 3, has now burned more than 3,000 acres as of Monday, July 8 with 0% containment. Hikers and residents near the towns of Etna and Fort Jones were evacuated.

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US: Shelly Fire In Siskiyou County, CA Burns More Than 3,000 Acres 3

The Shelly Fire, a brush fire that erupted in Siskiyou County Klamath National Forest on July 3, has now burned more than 3,000 acres as of Monday, July 8 with 0% containment. Hikers and residents near the towns of Etna and Fort Jones were evacuated.

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US: Shelly Fire In Siskiyou County, CA Burns More Than 3,000 Acres 2

The Shelly Fire, a brush fire that erupted in Siskiyou County Klamath National Forest on July 3, has now burned more than 3,000 acres as of Monday, July 8 with 0% containment. Hikers and residents near the towns of Etna and Fort Jones were evacuated.

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New Year's Day for imperial family

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and his wife Crown Princess Kiko visit the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on Jan. 1, 2024, to meet with former Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko for New Year greetings. (Pool photo)

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Imperial family at Imperial Guard concert

(From R) Japanese Crown Princess Kiko, Crown Prince Fumihito, Empress Masako, Emperor Naruhito, former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko attend a concert by the Imperial Guard Music Band marking its 70th anniversary at the Imperial Palace on Nov. 20, 2023.

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Expo'70: Japan National Day

Crown Prince Akihito and Crown Princess Michiko deliver remarks at the Expo'70 on the "Japan National Day" ceremony. ==Date: June 29, 1970, Place: Suita City, Osaka

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2023. Former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko can be seen on the left while Crown Prince Fumihito, Crown Princess Kiko and their second daughter Princess Kako can be seen on the right. People wave national flags at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2023, during a New Year greeting event where Japanese Emperor Naruhito and other imperial family members appear on the palace's balcony.

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New Year greeting event at Japan's Imperial Palace

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (3rd from L), Empress Masako (4th from L) and their daughter Princess Aiko (5th from L) wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2023. Former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko can be seen on the left while Crown Prince Fumihito, Crown Princess Kiko and their second daughter Princess Kako can be seen on the right.

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Japan's Crown Princess Masako turns 51

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Princess Masako enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to greet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on her 51st birthday on Dec. 9, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Crown Princess Masako turns 51

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Princess Masako enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to greet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on her 51st birthday on Dec. 9, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Crown Princess Masako turns 51

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Princess Masako enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to greet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on her 51st birthday on Dec. 9, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Emperor offers New Year's greetings

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L front), with Empress Michiko standing by his side, greets New Year's well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2012. Standing behind them are Crown Prince Naruhito (L back) and Crown Princess Masako.

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Emperor, empress celebrate 50th wedding anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (2nd from L) receive greetings from Crown Prince Naruhito (R in back) and his wife, Princess Masako (R), at the Imperial Palace on April 10 to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Crown Princess Masako skips New Year's greetings meeting at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako waves to reporters as she and her daughter Princess Aiko enter the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo by car on Jan. 1 to greet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. Crown Princess Masako did not appear at the New Year's greetings meeting held at the palace earlier in the day. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko turns 13

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2014, to meet with her grandparents, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, on the occasion of her 13th birthday. It marked the first visit to the palace by the princess, a first-year student at Gakushuin Girls' Junior High School, without being accompanied by her parents. (Pool photo)

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Dutch royal couple attend luncheon at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - (from L to R) Japan's Emperor Akihito, Crown Price Naruhito, Empress Michiko and Crown Princess Masako see off Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2014, after a luncheon party. The royal couple arrived in Japan Oct. 28 as a state guest and will stay through Nov. 2. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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Dutch royal couple attend luncheon at Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - (from L to R) Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and Crown Princess Masako wave on Oct. 30, 2014, as they see off Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo after a luncheon party. The royal couple arrived in Japan Oct. 28 as a state guest and will stay through Nov. 2. (Pool photo by Kyodo)

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State banquet to welcome Dutch royal couple

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, visiting Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima, and Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako raise their glasses during a state banquet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014. (Pool photo)

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Dutch royal couple in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Dutch King Willem-Alexander (2nd from L) and Emperor Akihito (2nd from R), along with Dutch Queen Maxima (far L), Empress Michiko (C), Crown Prince Naruhito (behind the empress) and Crown Princess Masako (far R), head for a ceremony to welcome the Dutch royal couple to Japan at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 29, 2014. The Dutch royal couple arrived in Japan as state guests the previous day. (Pool photo)

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Japan's empress turns 80

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L), Crown Princess Masako (R) and their daughter Princess Aiko wave as the family arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on the night of Oct. 20, 2014, to attend a dinner party celebrating Empress Michiko's 80th birthday. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress meet Luxembourg's crown prince, princess

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) welcome Luxembourg's Crown Prince Guillaume and Crown Princess Stephanie at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2014.

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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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Imperial family members watch folk performing arts

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R), Empress Michiko (extreme R), Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L), Crown Princess Masako (extreme L) and other imperial family members watch folk performing arts from various parts of Japan on July 13, 2014, at a music hall in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to celebrate the emperor's 80th birthday on Dec. 23 last year. (Pool Photo)

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Imperial family joins emperor's birthday concert

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L) and Crown Princess Masako (L) join Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) in a concert to celebrate the emperor's 80th birthday at a hall in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 3, 2014.

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Emperor offers New Year's greetings

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Crown Princess Masako, Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko wave to well-wishers as part of their New Year greetings at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2014.

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Emperor offers New Year's greetings

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito, with Empress Michiko standing by his side, greets New Year's well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2, 2014. Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako are seen in the back.

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Japan crown princess

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Crown Princess Masako enters the Imperial Palace to greet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2013. The princess turned 50 the same day.

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Emperor, empress in India

NEW DELHI, India - Japan's Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko (L) look at a photo of themselves taken in 1960, at the India International Centre, a cultural exchange facility in New Delhi, on Dec. 3, 2013. The imperial couple visited the facility for the first time since they took part in a ceremony to launch its construction as crown prince and princess 53 years ago. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Emperor, empress in India

NEW DELHI, India - Photo taken at the official residence of the Japanese ambassador in New Delhi on Dec. 1, 2013, shows a lime tree planted by Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in 1960 when the couple visited India as the crown prince and crown princess.

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Emperor, empress in India in 1960

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows then Japanese Crown Prince Akihito (L front) and his wife, then Crown Princess Michiko (R front), being welcomed during their visit to a farming village in India in 1960.

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Emperor, empress leave for India

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (far L) is seen off by his two sons and their wives -- Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (3rd from L), Prince Akishino (2nd from R) and his wife Princess Kiko (far R) -- on his departure for India from Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 30, 2013. The emperor and Empress Michiko departed on a weeklong trip to India at the invitation of the Indian government to commemorate the 60th anniversary the previous year of bilateral diplomatic ties.

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Crown prince plays viola at concert

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Crown Princess Masako, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a concert performed by the Gakushuin OB orchestra, in which Crown Prince Naruhito played the viola, at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in Tokyo on July 7, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Crown Princess Masako

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako, along with her husband, Crown Prince Naruhito, arrive at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 26, 2013, to visit Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, before departing two days later for the Netherlands to attend the coronation of the new Dutch king. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Crown Princess Masako

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako (R), along with her husband, Crown Prince Naruhito (L), arrive at the Imperial Palace on April 26, 2013, to visit Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, before departing two days later for the Netherlands to attend the coronation of the new Dutch king. (Pool photo)

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and Empress Michiko (far R) greet well-wishers who gathered to celebrate the emperor's 79th birthday at the Imperial Palace on Dec. 23, 2012. His eldest son Crown Prince Naruhito (far L) and Crown Princess Masako are seen.

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial family members -- (from L to R) Crown Princess Masako, Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko -- wave to well-wishers, who gathered to celebrate the emperor's 79th birthday, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012.

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Emperor turns 79

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial family members -- (from L to R) Crown Princess Masako, Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko -- wave to well-wishers, who gathered to celebrate the emperor's 79th birthday, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2012.

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Crown princess turns 49

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako (R) enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2012, to greet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, as the princess turned 49. At left is her daughter Princess Aiko. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess turns 49

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako enters the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2012, to greet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, as the princess turned 49. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows Princess Aiko, a granddaughter of Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and daughter of Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Crown Princess Masako. The government made a proposal on Oct. 5, 2012, on enabling female members of royalty to establish their own imperial family branches after marriage to commoners, amid concern about a decline in the number of royal household members and the heavy burden on the emperor.

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Malaysia royal couple in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Malaysian King Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah (3rd from L) shakes hands with Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito as the Malaysian king and Queen Haminah Hamidun (L) are welcomed at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2012. Japanese Emperor Akihito (4th from L), Empress Michiko (2nd from L), Prince Akishino (4th from R) and Princess Kiko (3rd from R) are also present to greet the Malaysian royal couple, who were in Japan as state guests. (Pool photo)

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Prince Hisahito turns 6

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Hisahito (L) and his mother, Princess Kiko, arrive at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sept. 6, 2012, to meet with his grandparents -- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko -- on the prince's sixth birthday. Prince Hisahito is the third in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne after his uncle Crown Prince Naruhito and his father Prince Akishino.

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Emperor Akihito turns 78

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L front) and Empress Michiko (R front) greet well-wishers on the emperor's 78th birthday on Dec. 23, 2011, at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Walking behind them are Crown Prince Naruhito (L back) and Crown Princess Masako.

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Crown Princess Masako turns 48

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Princess Masako waves as she arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2011, to greet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on her 48th birthday. The crown princess has been receiving treatment for a stress-induced illness for almost nine years. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko turns 10

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C) and her parents, Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, arrive at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Dec. 1, 2011, to meet her grandparents -- Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko -- on the occasion of her 10th birthday the same day. (Pool photo)

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Emperor offers New Year's greetings

TOKYO, Japan - (from L) Crown Princess Masako, Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko wave from a balcony to well-wishers who gathered at the Imperial Palace on Jan. 2, 2011.