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Princess Aiko ahead of official visit to Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko, only daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, waves upon entering Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2025, to meet with former Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko ahead of her official visit to Laos from Nov. 17. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko ahead of official visit to Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko, only daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, waves upon entering Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2025, to meet with former Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko ahead of her official visit to Laos from Nov. 17. (Pool photo)

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Tehran Displays Persian Empire Statue - Iran

A general view of a sign of obedience a statue depicting Sasanian king Shapur I capturing Roman emperor Valerian, during it's unveiling at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran on November 12, 2025. Photo by Yar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tehran Displays Persian Empire Statue - Iran

A general view of a sign of obedience a statue depicting Sasanian king Shapur I capturing Roman emperor Valerian, during it's unveiling at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran on November 12, 2025. Photo by Yar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tehran Displays Persian Empire Statue - Iran

Motorists drive past a sign of obedience a statue depicting Sasanian king Shapur I capturing Roman emperor Valerian, during it's unveiling at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran on November 12, 2025. Photo by Yar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tehran Displays Persian Empire Statue - Iran

Motorists drive past a sign of obedience a statue depicting Sasanian king Shapur I capturing Roman emperor Valerian, during it's unveiling at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran on November 12, 2025. Photo by Yar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tehran Displays Persian Empire Statue - Iran

Motorists drive past a sign of obedience a statue depicting Sasanian king Shapur I capturing Roman emperor Valerian, during it's unveiling at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran on November 12, 2025. Photo by Yar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tehran Displays Persian Empire Statue - Iran

Motorists drive past a sign of obedience a statue depicting Sasanian king Shapur I capturing Roman emperor Valerian, during it's unveiling at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran on November 12, 2025. Photo by Yar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tehran Displays Persian Empire Statue - Iran

Motorists drive past a sign of obedience a statue depicting Sasanian king Shapur I capturing Roman emperor Valerian, during it's unveiling at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran on November 12, 2025. Photo by Yar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tehran Displays Persian Empire Statue - Iran

A general view of a sign of obedience a statue depicting Sasanian king Shapur I capturing Roman emperor Valerian, during it's unveiling at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran on November 12, 2025. Photo by Yar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tehran Displays Persian Empire Statue - Iran

Motorists drive past a sign of obedience a statue depicting Sasanian king Shapur I capturing Roman emperor Valerian, during it's unveiling at Enghelab (Revolution) Square in the capital Tehran on November 12, 2025. Photo by Yar/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Emperor at JICA ceremony

A ceremony is held in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2025, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers program by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, with Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in attendance.

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Emperor at JICA ceremony

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2025, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers program by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

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Emperor at JICA ceremony

Japan's Emperor Naruhito speaks at a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2025, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers program by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

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Emperor at JICA ceremony

Japan's Emperor Naruhito speaks at a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2025, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers program by the Japan International Cooperation Agency.

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Japan emperor, empress

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are seen inside a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are pictured before boarding a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station on Oct. 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike (far L) talks to Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Aiko (far R) on Oct. 23, 2025, at the Tokyo metropolitan memorial hall, which honors the estimated 100,000 people killed during U.S. air raids on the capital on the night of March 10, 1945, toward the end of World War II. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Taku Yamamoto (3rd from L), a former House of Representatives lawmaker, is conferred the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from Japan's Emperor Naruhito during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. The honoree, whose real surname is Takaichi, is the husband of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (2nd from L). (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) speaks to Grand Cordon recipients during a conferment ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) speaks to former House of Councillors President Hidehisa Otsuji during a Grand Cordon conferment ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former House of Councillors President Hidehisa Otsuji during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Imperial conferment of decorations

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) confers the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Paulownia Flowers to former Supreme Court chief justice Saburo Tokura during a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (bottom, L) and Empress Masako (bottom, R) and other imperial family members attend the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

(from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Crown Prince Fumihito, Crown Princess Kiko, Princess Aiko and Princess Kako attend the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako communicate with one of the guests with the empress using sign language at the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with guests at the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with guests at the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with guests at the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with guests at the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese imperial garden party

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with guests at the autumn imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko is pictured after visiting the mausoleums of Emperor Showa and his wife Empress Kojun, the princess' great-grandparents, at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Nov. 10, 2025, ahead of her first official overseas trip to Laos later in the month. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Empress Kojun, her great-grandmother and wife of Emperor Showa, at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Nov. 10, 2025, ahead of her first official overseas trip to Laos later in the month. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Nov. 10, 2025, ahead of her first official overseas trip to Laos later in the month. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Nov. 10, 2025, ahead of her first official overseas trip to Laos later in the month. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Nov. 10, 2025, ahead of her first official overseas trip to Laos later in the month. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Emperor Showa, her great-grandfather, at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Nov. 10, 2025, ahead of her first official overseas trip to Laos later in the month. (Pool photo)

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Japanese emperor, empress in Mie Prefecture

A rainbow forms over a vehicle carrying Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako following their arrival at Kashikojima Station in Shima in Mie Prefecture, central Japan, on Nov. 9, 2025, to attend a national event for the conservation of fishery resources and promotion of the fishing industry. (Pool photo)

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Mass at Basilica of Saint John Lateran - Rome

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass at Rome's Cathedral for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) on November 9, 2025 in Rome, Italy. the Pope recalled the important history of the Cathedral, built at the behest of the Roman Emperor Constantine after he granted Christians freedom of worship in 313 AD, and then dedicated by Pope Sylvester I a few years later. However, Pope Leo XIV emphasised that this Basilica, the ‘Mother of all Churches,’ ‘is much more than a monument or a historical memorial’. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Mass at Basilica of Saint John Lateran - Rome

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass at Rome's Cathedral for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) on November 9, 2025 in Rome, Italy. the Pope recalled the important history of the Cathedral, built at the behest of the Roman Emperor Constantine after he granted Christians freedom of worship in 313 AD, and then dedicated by Pope Sylvester I a few years later. However, Pope Leo XIV emphasised that this Basilica, the ‘Mother of all Churches,’ ‘is much more than a monument or a historical memorial’. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Mass at Basilica of Saint John Lateran - Rome

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass at Rome's Cathedral for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) on November 9, 2025 in Rome, Italy. the Pope recalled the important history of the Cathedral, built at the behest of the Roman Emperor Constantine after he granted Christians freedom of worship in 313 AD, and then dedicated by Pope Sylvester I a few years later. However, Pope Leo XIV emphasised that this Basilica, the ‘Mother of all Churches,’ ‘is much more than a monument or a historical memorial’. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Mass at Basilica of Saint John Lateran - Rome

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass at Rome's Cathedral for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) on November 9, 2025 in Rome, Italy. the Pope recalled the important history of the Cathedral, built at the behest of the Roman Emperor Constantine after he granted Christians freedom of worship in 313 AD, and then dedicated by Pope Sylvester I a few years later. However, Pope Leo XIV emphasised that this Basilica, the ‘Mother of all Churches,’ ‘is much more than a monument or a historical memorial’. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Mass at Basilica of Saint John Lateran - Rome

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass at Rome's Cathedral for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) on November 9, 2025 in Rome, Italy. the Pope recalled the important history of the Cathedral, built at the behest of the Roman Emperor Constantine after he granted Christians freedom of worship in 313 AD, and then dedicated by Pope Sylvester I a few years later. However, Pope Leo XIV emphasised that this Basilica, the ‘Mother of all Churches,’ ‘is much more than a monument or a historical memorial’. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Mass at Basilica of Saint John Lateran - Rome

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass at Rome's Cathedral for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) on November 9, 2025 in Rome, Italy. the Pope recalled the important history of the Cathedral, built at the behest of the Roman Emperor Constantine after he granted Christians freedom of worship in 313 AD, and then dedicated by Pope Sylvester I a few years later. However, Pope Leo XIV emphasised that this Basilica, the ‘Mother of all Churches,’ ‘is much more than a monument or a historical memorial’. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Mass at Basilica of Saint John Lateran - Rome

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass at Rome's Cathedral for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) on November 9, 2025 in Rome, Italy. the Pope recalled the important history of the Cathedral, built at the behest of the Roman Emperor Constantine after he granted Christians freedom of worship in 313 AD, and then dedicated by Pope Sylvester I a few years later. However, Pope Leo XIV emphasised that this Basilica, the ‘Mother of all Churches,’ ‘is much more than a monument or a historical memorial’. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Mass at Basilica of Saint John Lateran - Rome

Pope Leo XIV celebrates Holy Mass at Rome's Cathedral for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran (San Giovanni in Laterano) on November 9, 2025 in Rome, Italy. the Pope recalled the important history of the Cathedral, built at the behest of the Roman Emperor Constantine after he granted Christians freedom of worship in 313 AD, and then dedicated by Pope Sylvester I a few years later. However, Pope Leo XIV emphasised that this Basilica, the ‘Mother of all Churches,’ ‘is much more than a monument or a historical memorial’. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM