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Trump in Japan

A vehicle carrying U.S. President Donald Trump passes by the Japanese parliament building as he heads to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025, for a meeting with Emperor Naruhito.

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Trump in Japan

A vehicle carrying U.S. President Donald Trump passes by the Japanese parliament building as he heads to the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2025, for a meeting with Emperor Naruhito.

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Illustration - Aerial Rome - Italy

ITALY - ROMA - VATICAN - INTERIOR OF ST. PETER'S BASILICA - PHOTO POINT 1: ENTRANCE TO THE NAVE WITH : LEFT, THE BAPTISTERY, COMMISSIONED BY POPE INNOCENT XII AND DESIGNED BY CARLO FONTANA (IN THE INSTALLATION PHASE OF THE CHRISTMAS NATIVITY SCENE); IN CENTER, THE CLAMS AND THE NAVE; ION FOREGROUND BELOW RIGHT, THE PORPHYRY ROUND WHERE CHARLEMAGNE WAS CROWNED EMPEROR IN THE YEAR 800. ON BACKGROUND RIGHT, MICHELANGELO'S ROOM OF LA PIETA. ON RIGHT, ANTONIO AVERLINO'S BRONZE GATE. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE BUILDING IS 220 M. AND ITS TOTAL WIDTH OF 150 M. THE WIDTH OF THE NAVE IS 27.5 M. AND ITS HEIGHT OF 46.2 M. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only World/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Aerial View of France

FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS RHIN (67) HAUT KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE. OVERLOOKING THE PLAIN, THIS IS THE BEST-KNOWN FORTIFIED CASTLE IN ALSACE AND ONE OF THE REGION'S MOST VISITED MONUMENTS. DATING BACK TO THE 12TH CENTURY, THE BUILDING UNDERWENT MAJOR ALTERATIONS IN THE 15TH CENTURY AND WAS COMPLETELY RESTORED AT THE REQUEST OF EMPEROR WILHELM II FROM 1900 ONWARDS. IN THE MIDDLE AGES, THE HIGHEST POINT ON WHICH THE CASTLE STANDS WAS USED TO KEEP WATCH OVER ALL THE WINE, WHEAT AND SALT ROUTES CROSSING ALSACE. A 270 M LONG FORTRESS PERCHED ALMOST 800 M HIGH, IT IS NEITHER A MIRAGE NOR A ?GRANDE ILLUSION?, TO REFER TO THE FILM SHOT BY JEAN RENOIR IN 1937, BUT A MONUMENT THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED. ON THE RIGHT, THE VOSGES MOUNTAINS. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's Princess Yuriko dies at 101

The Japanese national flag is flown at half-staff at the parliament building in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2024, following the death earlier in the day of Princess Yuriko at the age of 101. The great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito was the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family.

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Japan's Princess Yuriko dies at 101

The Japanese national flag is flown at half-staff at the parliament building in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2024, following the death earlier in the day of Princess Yuriko at the age of 101. The great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito was the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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Shenzhen Skyline

SHENZHEN, CHINA - AUGUST 7, 2024 - The sunset skyline of Luohu District in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Aug 7, 2024. Shenzhen landmark building Ping An, Emperor Building, Luohu business center hotel, KingKey 100 Tower panoramic view, the following Shennan Avenue traffic, plus the sunset at sunset.

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UK: Japanese Imperial Couple Wave At Fans Outside London Hotel

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako commenced their 3-day state visit to the UK on Tuesday, June 25. The video shows the imperial couple waving at fans outside Claridge's Hotel in London as they leave the building.

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UK: Fire Breaks Out At Residential Building In South Kensington, London

A fire broke out at a five-story residential building in South Kensington, London at 00:30 on Friday morning, March 1. The flame started at the building on Emperor’s Gate, near Natural History Museum. About 130 people were evacuated, and 11 were sent to a hospital. The cause of the blaze is unknown at the moment.

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Official record of Emperor Hirohito's life

TOKYO, Japan - Undated file photo shows the building containing the Archives and Mausolea Department of the Imperial Household Agency at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. On Sept. 9, 2014, the agency released the official record of the 87-year life of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa. The department spent 24 years compiling the 61-volume record.

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Prince Katsura's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese flag flies at half-mast at the Diet building in Tokyo on June 17, 2014, the day of the main funeral service for Prince Katsura, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, following his recent death at age 66.

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Imperial couple visit Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (third from L) pays a visit to the Geku compound of Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture on March 26, 2014. The emperor and Empress Michiko visited the shrine following a ceremony in October 2013, the first in 20 years, to transfer the shrine deity to a new building.

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Imperial couple visit Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) is pictured after offering prayers at the Geku compound of Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture on March 26, 2014. The emperor and Empress Michiko visited the shrine following a ceremony in October 2013, the first in 20 years, to transfer the shrine deity to a new building.

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Imperial couple visit Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito is pictured after offering prayers at the Geku compound of Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture on March 26, 2014. The emperor and Empress Michiko visited the shrine following a ceremony in October 2013, the first in 20 years, to transfer the shrine deity to a new building.

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Imperial couple visit Ise Shrine

ISE, Japan - Japanese Empress Michiko is pictured after offering prayers at the Geku compound of Ise Shrine in Mie Prefecture on March 26, 2014. Emperor Akihito and the empress visited the shrine following a ceremony in October 2013, the first in 20 years, to transfer the shrine deity to a new building.

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Upper house bars Yamamoto from imperial events

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Yamamoto (C), an independent upper house member, is surrounded by reporters at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2013. Yamamoto, an antinuclear activist at the center of a controversy for handing a letter to Emperor Akihito the previous week, was banned by the chamber the same day from attending ceremonies and other events related to the imperial family.

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Upper house bars Yamamoto from imperial events

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Yamamoto (C), an independent upper house member, heads for a meeting with upper house President Masaaki Yamazaki at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2013. Yamamoto, an antinuclear activist at the center of a controversy for handing a letter to Emperor Akihito the previous week, was banned by the chamber the same day from attending ceremonies and other events related to the imperial family.

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Upper house bars Yamamoto from imperial events

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Yamamoto, an independent upper house member, attends a plenary session of the House of Councillors at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 8, 2013. Yamamoto, an antinuclear activist at the center of a controversy for handing a letter to Emperor Akihito the previous week, was banned by the chamber the same day from attending ceremonies and other events related to the imperial family.

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Diet member who handed letter to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Yamamoto, an independent House of Councillors member, is seen after holding talks with the chairman of the upper house steering committee at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 5, 2013. Yamamoto, who handed a letter to Emperor Akihito at a garden party in the previous week, told the chairman he will not step down despite harsh criticism that his act was a grievous breach of protocol.

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Lawmaker who handed letter to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Independent lawmaker and antinuclear activist Taro Yamamoto speaks with reporters after being interviewed by members of the House of Councillors steering committee at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2013. Yamamoto, who in a rare breach of protocol handed a letter directly to Emperor Akihito the previous day, told reporters he was not aware that his action had violated any rules.

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Lawmaker who handed letter to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Independent lawmaker and antinuclear activist Taro Yamamoto heads for an interview with members of the House of Councillors steering committee at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2013. Yamamoto, who in a rare breach of protocol handed a letter directly to Emperor Akihito the previous day, told reporters afterward he was not aware that his action had violated any rules.

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Lawmaker who handed letter to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the House of Councillors steering committee hold a meeting at the Diet building in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2013. The committee decided to interview independent lawmaker and antinuclear activist Taro Yamamoto, who in a rare breach of protocol handed a letter directly to Emperor Akihito the previous day. After a meeting with committee members later that day, Yamamoto told reporters he was not aware that his action had violated any rules.

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Emperor, empress at shelter

KASU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko (L) visit a former school building in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on April 8, 2011, to encourage evacuees from the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress at shelter

KASU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a former school building in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on April 8, 2011, to encourage evacuees from the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress at shelter

KASU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit a former school building in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture, on April 8, 2011, to encourage evacuees from the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, which hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. (Pool photo)

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Emperor at restored ancient palace

NARA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (front C) and Empress Michiko (front R) look inside a restored ancient palace building in Nara City on Oct. 7, 2010. They plan to attend a ceremony to mark the 1,300th anniversary of the ancient national capital's transfer to Heijo-kyo in Nara.

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Obama meets with Japanese emperor, empress over lunch

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and Empress Michiko greet visiting U.S. President Barack Obama (L) at the entrance of the Imperial Residence in Tokyo before the three had lunch with only an interpreter present. The imperial couple normally host top foreign leaders at the main building of the Imperial Palace but their residence was chosen for the lunch with Obama because of the tight schedules of both parties.

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Emperor, empress greeted by people in Victoria

VICTORIA, Canada - Japanese Emperor Akihito (R) shakes hands with people gathered in front of the British Columbia provincial Parliament building in Victoria on July 11.

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Emperor, empress greeted by people in Victoria

VICTORIA, Canada - Japanese Emperor Akihito (3rd from R) and Empress Michiko (2nd from R) are greeted by people gathered in front of the British Columbia provincial Parliament building in Victoria on July 11.

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Emperor, empress greeted by people in Victoria

VICTORIA, Canada - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L), accompanied by Empress Michiko (R), waves to people gathered in front of the British Columbia provincial Parliament building in Victoria on July 11.

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Emperor Akihito greets public on 75th birthday

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Crown Princess Masako, Crown Prince Naruhito, Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko wave from behind the glass windows of a balcony at the Imperial Palace's main building in Tokyo on Dec. 23 in greeting well-wishers who gathered to celebrate emperor's 75th birthday.

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Emperor Akihito greets public on 75th birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) speaks to well-wishers, who gathered at the Imperial Palace to celebrate his 75th birthday on Dec. 23, from behind the glass windows of a balcony at the palace's main building in Tokyo during his first appearance in the morning, with Empress Michiko (R), Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L) and his wife Crown Princess Masako (L) alongside.

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Emperor Akihito greets public on 75th birthday

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C), Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and his wife Crown Princess Masako (R) look out from a balcony at the Imperial Palace's main building in Tokyo on Dec. 23 as they prepare to greet well-wishers who gathered to celebrate the emperor's 75th birthday.