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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko, the only daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, is photographed walking to Gakushuin University in Tokyo on April 12, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko, the only daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, is photographed walking to Gakushuin University in Tokyo on April 12, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, poses for photos on her commute to Gakushuin University in Tokyo on April 12, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko's artwork shown at imperial cultural festa

TOKYO, Japan - Art and craftwork by Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, are shown to the press on Dec. 10, 2014, on the eve of their display at the Imperial Household Agency staff union's in-house cultural festival. The 13-year-old princess produced the pencil sketch (top L), water color painting (top R) and tote bag as classwork at Gakushuin Girls' Junior High School where she is a first-year student. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince plays viola at concert in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from R) plays the viola during a concert by an orchestra consisting of graduates of Gakushuin University in Tokyo on Dec. 14, 2014. (Pool photo by Tokyo Shimbun)

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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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Princess Kako quits Gakushuin

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Princess Kako, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito. The Imperial Household Agency said Sept. 11, 2014, that the 19-year-old daughter of Prince Akishino, the emperor's second son, quit Gakushuin University in Tokyo at the end of August. Princess Kako is considering taking an entrance examination for International Christian University, a source close to the matter said the same day.

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Princess Aiko

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko plays the cello during a concert at Gakushuin school in Tokyo's Mejiro district on April 13, 2014. Her father Crown Prince Naruhito played the viola in the same concert. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, family arrive in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - (From R) Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife Crown Princess Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko emerge from JR Nagano Station in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 24, 2014. The family will be staying at a hotel in the prefecture for several days for a skiing holiday, according to the Imperial Household Agency. The young princess, who graduated from Gakushuin Primary School on March 18, is having her spring break before entering Gakushuin Girls' Junior High School in April. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, family arrive in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - (From R) Crown Prince Naruhito, his wife Crown Princess Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko emerge from JR Nagano Station in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on March 24, 2014. The family will be staying at a hotel in the prefecture for several days for a skiing holiday, according to the Imperial Household Agency. The young princess, who graduated from Gakushuin Primary School on March 18, is having her spring break before entering Gakushuin Girls' Junior High School in April. (Pool photo)

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Princess graduates from primary school

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C) heads for her graduation ceremony at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on March 18, 2014. At left is her father Crown Prince Naruhito and at right is her mother Crown Princess Masako. (Pool photo)

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Princess graduates from primary school

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C) poses for a photo at the main gate of Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo before her graduation ceremony on March 18, 2014. At left is her father Crown Prince Naruhito and at right is her mother Crown Princess Masako. (Pool photo)

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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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Crown prince plays viola at concert

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito shows a viola bearing a picture of the "miracle pine" at a concert performed by the Gakushuin OB orchestra at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in Tokyo on July 7, 2013. The wood for the viola came from driftwood left in areas of northeastern Japan that were ravaged by the March 2011 tsunami, as well as the "miracle pine," the only tree to survive from a forest of pines swept away by the tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince plays viola at concert

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito plays a viola made of driftwood during a concert performed by the Gakushuin OB orchestra at Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space in Tokyo on July 7, 2013. The wood for the viola came from debris left in areas of northeastern Japan that were ravaged by the March 2011 tsunami, as well as the "miracle pine," the only tree to survive from a forest of pines swept away by the tsunami. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Masako attends kindergarten ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako (C) attends a ceremony at Gakushuin Kindergarten in Tokyo on May 26, 2013, held to commemorate the reconstruction and reopening in 1963 of the kindergarten. Crown Prince Naruhito and their daughter Princess Aiko also attended the ceremony.

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Princess Kako enters university

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Kako, the younger daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, is pictured before attending the entrance ceremony at Gakushuin University in Tokyo on April 8, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako enters university

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Kako, the younger daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, is pictured before attending the entrance ceremony at Gakushuin University in Tokyo on April 8, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako graduates from high school

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Kiko (L) and her daughter Princess Kako walk to Gakushuin Girls' Senior High School in Tokyo on March 22, 2013, the day the school's graduation ceremony was held. Princess Kako, the younger daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will enter Gakushuin University in April. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako graduates from high school

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Princess Kako at the entrance of Gakushuin Girls' Senior High School in Tokyo on March 22, 2013, the day the school's graduation ceremony was held. Princess Kako, the younger daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will enter Gakushuin University in April. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako graduates from high school

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Kiko (L) and her daughter Princess Kako pose for photos at the entrance of Gakushuin Girls' Senior High School in Tokyo on March 22, 2013, the day the school's graduation ceremony was held. Princess Kako, the younger daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will enter Gakushuin University in April. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako graduates from high school

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Kiko (L) and her daughter Princess Kako pose for photos at the entrance of Gakushuin Girls' Senior High School in Tokyo on March 22, 2013, the day the school's graduation ceremony was held. Princess Kako, the younger daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will enter Gakushuin University in April. (Pool photo)

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New BOJ leadership approved

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kikuo Iwata, one of the new deputy governors of the Bank of Japan. Japan's parliament approved March 15, 2013, the nominations of Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda for Bank of Japan governor and Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata and BOJ Executive Director Hiroshi Nakaso for deputy chiefs.

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New BOJ leadership approved

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Haruhiko Kuroda, new governor of the Bank of Japan. Japan's parliament approved March 15, 2013, the nominations of Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda for Bank of Japan governor and Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata and BOJ Executive Director Hiroshi Nakaso for deputy chiefs.

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Hearing on BOJ deputy nomination

TOKYO, Japan - Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata, one of the government's nominees for Bank of Japan deputy governor, speaks at a confirmation hearing at a lower house panel in Tokyo on March 5, 2013, held to determine whether he is qualified for one of the two posts. To the right is the other nominee Hiroshi Nakaso, an executive director of the central bank.

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Hearing on BOJ deputy nomination

TOKYO, Japan - Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata, one of the government's nominees for Bank of Japan deputy governor, speaks at a confirmation hearing at a lower house panel in Tokyo on March 5, 2013, held to determine whether he is qualified for one of the two posts.

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Professor Iwata

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Gakushuin University professor Kikuo Iwata. The government plans to nominate Iwata, who has called for aggressive monetary easing, as the Bank of Japan's next deputy governor, sources close to the matter said on Feb. 25, 2013.

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Princess Aiko playing cello

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, the only daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, plays cello in an All Gakushuin School concert in Tokyo's Mejiro district on April 15, 2012. The 10-year-old princess attends Gakushuin Primary School. (Pool photo)

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (R) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, collects a soil sample in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (L) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, holds a rice plant stump he collected in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Photo taken with fish-eye lens)

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Survey in Fukushima rice field

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Prof. Yasuyuki Muramatsu (front) of Gakushuin University, an expert on radiochemistry, measures radioactivity levels in a rice field in the city of Fukushima, northeastern Japan, on Dec. 5, 2011. Excessive levels of radioactive cesium have been found in rice harvested in the area in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Princess Aiko at athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C), the 9-year-old daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, takes part in a tug-of-war at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2011, during the school's athletic meet. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Aiko at athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (L), the 9-year-old daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, takes part in a tug-of-war at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2011, during the school's athletic meet. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Aiko at athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C top), the 9-year-old daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, attends an athletic meet of Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Aiko at athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (C) and Crown Princess Masako (to right behind prince) watch their daughter, 9-year-old Princess Aiko, during an athletic meet of Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 8, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Little princess at school athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (3rd from R) and Crown Princess Masako (4th from R) view their only child, Princess Aiko, performing during an athletic meet of Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Little princess at school athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C), the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, dances during an athletic meet of Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Little princess at school athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C), the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, dances during an athletic meet of Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 11, 2010. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko not going to school after boys treated her harshly

TOKYO, Japan - Motomasa Higashisono, a senior director of the Gakushuin School Corporation that runs a range of schools from kindergarten to university, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on March 5, 2010. Princess Aiko, the only child of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, who attends Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo, has been reluctant to attend school since March 1, after being ''treated harshly'' by boys in her grade, an Imperial Household Agency official said March 5.

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Crown prince plays viola at concert

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (front) plays the viola during a memorial concert to mark the 50th anniversary of the marriage of his father Emperor Akihito and mother Empress Michiko in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2009. The concert performed by an orchestra of graduates of Gakushuin University also commemorated as well the 20th anniversary of the emperor's enthronement. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko takes part in school athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C), the daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, celebrates after her team won a relay race in an athletic meet at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2009. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Aiko takes part in school athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko runs during a relay race in an athletic meet at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2009, with her father Crown Prince Naruhito and mother Crown Princess Masako watching her among spectators. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Aiko takes part in school athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (R), the daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, receives the baton from her teammate during a relay race in an athletic meet at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2009. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Aiko takes part in school athletic meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (L), the daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, hands over the baton to her teammate during a relay race in an athletic meet at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2009. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Crown prince, princess, attend concert at Gakushuin University

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Princess Masako attend annual concert of an orchestra of alumni of the crown prince's alma mater, Gakushuin, in Tokyo on July 5. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Naruhito plays viola at annual concert

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito plays the viola at an annual concert in an orchestra consisting of alumni of his alma mater, Gakushuin, in Tokyo on July 5. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess, attend concert at Gakushuin University

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and his wife Princess Masako attend an annual concert of an orchestra of alumni of the crown prince's alma mater, Gakushuin, in Tokyo on Dec. 14.

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Crown Prince Naruhito plays viola at annual concert

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito plays the viola at an annual concert in an orchestra consisting of alumni of his alma mater, Gakushuin, in Tokyo on Dec. 14. (Pool photo)

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Princess Masako attends daughter's sports meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Masako, the wife of Crown Prince Naruhito, waves to her daughter, Princess Aiko, at a sports meet held by the Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 12. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko runs in race at sports meet

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, the daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, breaks the tape in a race at a sports meet held by the Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo on Oct. 12. (Pool photo)