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Japanese Princess Aiko visits imperial graveyard

Japanese Princess Aiko visits the mausoleum of Empress Kojun, her great-grandmother and wife of Emperor Showa, at the Musashi imperial graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Dec. 3, 2025, following her first official overseas trip to Laos the previous month. (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 Prince Hisahito

Japanese Prince Hisahito visits the mausoleum of Empress Kojun, his great-grandmother and wife of Emperor Showa, at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Sept. 9, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako visits imperial graveyard

Japan's Princess Kako 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 July 4, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako visits imperial graveyard

Japan's Princess Kako 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 May 16, 2025, ahead of her trip to Brazil in June. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako visits imperial mausoleums

Japan's Princess Kako is pictured after visiting the mausoleums of Emperor Showa and his wife Empress Kojun at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 7, 2024, following her official trip to Greece from late May to early June. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako visits imperial mausoleum

Japan's Princess Kako 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 June 7, 2024, following her official trip to Greece from late May to early June. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako visits imperial graveyard

Japan's Princess Kako 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 May 9, 2024, ahead of her official trip to Greece later in the month. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japan's 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 April 25, 2024.

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko (R) 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 April 25, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japan's Princess Aiko leaves the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, after visiting the mausoleums of Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun -- her great-grandparents -- on April 25, 2024. (Pool photo)

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20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

TOKYO, Japan, June 16 Kyodo - Japanese Princess Mako (L) and Princess Kako are pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, after offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa.

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Imperial graveyard

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 13, 2013, shows the tomb of the late Emperor Showa (L) and that of the late Empress Kojun, his wife, at the Musashi Imperial Graveyard in Hachioji, western Tokyo. The Imperial Household Agency said the following day it has decided to switch to cremation for the emperor and empress rather than burial, which has been the tradition for 350 years.

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Imperial family attend memorial concert for Empress Kojun

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd R), his wife Empress Michiko (R), Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and his wife Princess Masako (2nd L) attend a concert to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Empress Kojun, wife of the late Emperor Showa, at a hall in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Imperial family attend memorial concert for Empress Kojun

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd R), his wife Empress Michiko (R), Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L), his wife Princess Masako (L) attend a concert to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Empress Kojun, wife of the late Emperor Showa, at a hall in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Emperor, empress visit graves of Emperor Showa, Empress Kojun

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) emerges from the Musashino Imperial Mausoleum in Hachioji, Tokyo, after he and Empress Michiko visited the graves of his father Emperor Showa and his mother Empress Kojun on May 7 ahead of a visit to Europe later this month.

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Empress dowager's memorial tablet moved to shrine in palace

TOKYO, Japan - A procession of carriages on June 18 accompanies a tablet signifying the spirit of the late Empress Dowager Nagako to a shrine in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo dedicated to the imperial family's ancestors. The ''reidai'' tablet was transferred to the shrine from the Fukiage Omiya Palace within the palace grounds, where the empress dowager lived. The empress dowager, posthumously known as Empress Kojun, died in June last year at the age of 97.

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Empress dowager's coffin placed in hearse

TOKYO, Japan - The coffin of Empress Dowager Nagako is placed in a hearse at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 25 for a funeral at the Toshimagaoka imperial cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward. The empress dowager, wife of the late Emperor Hirohito, died of old age June 16 at 97. Her posthumous name is Empress Kojun.

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Car carrying coffin of empress dowager leaves for funeral

TOKYO, Japan - A car carrying the coffin of Empress Dowager Nagako leaves the Imperial Palace for the Toshimagaoka imperial cemetery July 25. The first half of a Shinto-style funeral was to be performed at the cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, with Emperor Akihito serving as chief mourner. The empress dowager, wife of the late Emperor Hirohito, died of old age on June 16 at age 97. Her posthumous name is Empress Kojun.

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Late empress dowager receives posthumous title

TOKYO, Japan - The late Empress Dowager Nagako, shown in this undated photo, was posthumously named ''Empress Kojun'' in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace on July 10. The title Kojun comprises two Chinese characters. The first carries the meaning of fragrance and beautiful, and the second stands for pure, honest and merciful.

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EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY

EMPEROR'S BIRTHDAY==Date:May, 1974, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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Japanese Princess Mako

Japanese Princess Mako is pictured after visiting the mausoleum of Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa, in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Oct. 12, 2021, ahead of her Oct. 26 marriage with boyfriend Kei Komuro.

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Japanese Princess Mako

Japanese Princess Mako (L) is pictured after visiting the mausoleum of Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa, in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Oct. 12, 2021, ahead of her Oct. 26 marriage with boyfriend Kei Komuro.

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Japanese Princess Mako

Japanese Princess Mako is pictured after visiting the mausoleum of Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa, in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on Oct. 12, 2021, ahead of her Oct. 26 marriage with boyfriend Kei Komuro.

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Their Majesties the Emperor and Empress Showa visit the Swiss Pavilion at the Osaka World Exposition

Keywords: Osaka World Exposition, Osaka Expo, World Exposition, EXPO 70, Swiss Pavilion = date of photo unknown, Emperor Showa and Empress Kojun tour the Swiss Pavilion, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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(3)Emperor Hirohito

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Hirohito and his family at the Imperial Palace before World War II. Front row, from left to right: Kazuko Takatsukasa, Emperor Hirohito (posthumously named Emperor Showa), then Crown Prince and now Emperor Akihito and Prince Hitachi. Back row, from left to right: Empress Dowager Nagako (posthumously named Empress Kojun), Takako Shimazu, Kuniko Higashikuni, and Atsuko Ikeda.The photo was taken at the Imperial Palace in October, 1939.(Kyodo)

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Empress dowager's memorial tablet moved to shrine in palace

TOKYO, Japan - A procession of carriages on June 18 accompanies a tablet signifying the spirit of the late Empress Dowager Nagako to a shrine in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo dedicated to the imperial family's ancestors. The ''reidai'' tablet was transferred to the shrine from the Fukiage Omiya Palace within the palace grounds, where the empress dowager lived. The empress dowager, posthumously known as Empress Kojun, died in June last year at the age of 97.

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BONIN ISLANDS RETURN TO JAPAN

BONIN ISLANDS RETURN TO JAPAN==Date:July, 1968, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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NEW IMPERIAL PALACE AND GARDEN

NEW IMPERIAL PALACE AND GARDEN==Date:Nov, 1968, Place:Chiyoda,Tokyo,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS IN TOKYO

INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS IN TOKYO==Date:Sept, 1968, Place:,JAPAN, (Credit:INTERNATIONAL MOTION PICTURE/Kyodo News Images)

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CORRECTED: 20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

Japanese Princess Mako (L) and Princess Kako are pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, after offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit graves of Emperor Showa, Empress Kojun

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) emerges from the Musashino Imperial Mausoleum in Hachioji, Tokyo, after he and Empress Michiko visited the graves of his father Emperor Showa and his mother Empress Kojun on May 7 ahead of a visit to Europe later this month. (Kyodo)

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Princess Mako visits imperial mausoleum complex

Japanese Princess Mako visits the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2021, to offer a prayer on the 21st anniversary of the death of Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Pool photo)

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Princess Mako visits imperial mausoleum complex

Japanese Princess Mako is pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2021, after offering a prayer on the 21st anniversary of the death of Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Pool photo)

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Imperial family attend memorial concert for Empress Kojun

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd R), his wife Empress Michiko (R), Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L), his wife Princess Masako (L) attend a concert to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Empress Kojun, wife of the late Emperor Showa, at a hall in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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Princess Mako visits imperial mausoleum complex

Japanese Princess Mako offers a prayer at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2021, the 21st anniversary of the death of Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Pool photo)

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Princess Mako visits imperial mausoleum complex

Japanese Princess Mako is pictured after visiting the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2021, to offer a prayer on the 21st anniversary of the death of Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Pool photo)

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Princess Mako visits imperial mausoleum complex

Japanese Princess Mako is pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2021, after offering a prayer on the 21st anniversary of the death of Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Pool photo)

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Princess Mako visits imperial mausoleum complex

Japanese Princess Mako is pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2021, after offering a prayer on the 21st anniversary of the death of Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Pool photo)

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Imperial family attend memorial concert for Empress Kojun

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd R), his wife Empress Michiko (R), Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and his wife Princess Masako (2nd L) attend a concert to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the death of Empress Kojun, wife of the late Emperor Showa, at a hall in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2010. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

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20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

Japanese Princess Kako is pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, after offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

Japanese Princess Mako is pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, after offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

Japanese Princess Mako (R) and Princess Kako leave the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, after offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

Japanese Princess Mako (L) and Princess Kako are pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, after offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

Japanese Princess Kako is pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, after offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

Japanese Princess Mako (L) and Princess Kako are pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, after offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

Japanese Princess Mako is pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, after offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

Japanese Princess Mako (R) and Princess Kako are pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, before offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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20th anniversary of death of Empress Kojun

Japanese Princess Mako (R) and Princess Kako are pictured at the Musashi imperial mausoleum complex in Hachioji, western Tokyo, on June 16, 2020, before offering a prayer on the 20th anniversary of the death of the former Empress Kojun, wife of Emperor Showa. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo