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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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)

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Crown Princess Masako walks Princess Aiko to school

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako walks her daughter Princess Aiko from their residence in Tokyo to Princess Aiko's Gakushuin school as academic classes start on April 21. The princess was enrolled in the first year of the primary-school section at Gakushuin, which is about 500 meters from the Togu palace. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Masako walks Princess Aiko to school

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako walks her daughter Princess Aiko from their residence in Tokyo to Princess Aiko's Gakushuin school as academic classes start on April 21. The princess was enrolled in the first year of the primary-school section at Gakushuin, which is about 500 meters from the Togu palace. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko enters Gakushuin Primary School

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C), along with her father, Crown Prince Naruhito (L), and mother, Crown Princess Masako, stands at the front gate of Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo April 10. (pool photo) Princess Aiko entered the school, which held its entrance ceremony the same day.

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Princess Aiko enters Gakushuin Primary School

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C), along with her father, Crown Prince Naruhito (L), and mother, Crown Princess Masako, head to an entrance ceremony of Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo April 10. (pool photo)

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Princess Aiko finishes kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C) poses for photos with her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Princess Masako (R), after a ceremony to finish Gakushuin Kindergarten in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on March 15. The 6-year-old princess will enter Gakushuin Primary School in the capital's Shinjuku Ward in April, according to the Imperial Household Agency. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko finishes kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (R) poses for photos with her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Princess Masako (C), after a ceremony to finish Gakushuin Kindergarten in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on March 15. The 6-year-old princess will enter Gakushuin Primary School in the capital's Shinjuku Ward in April, according to the Imperial Household Agency. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko watches sports event at Gakushuin primary school

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (R), daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako (L), heads to the Gakushuin primary school in Tokyo to watch a sports event on Oct. 13. (Pool photo)

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Princess Mako, Princess Kako begin new school year

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Mako, 15, (L) and Princess Kako, 12, accompanied by their mother Princess Kiko, walk to Gakushuin School on April 6 on the first day of their new school year. Princess Mako is in her first year at the senior high school division and Princee Kako in the first year of the junior high school division (Pool photo)

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Princess Mako graduates from Gakushuin Girls' Junior high

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Kiko (L) and her daughter Princess Mako pose for photos at the gate of the Gakushuin Girls' Junior High School in Tokyo on March 22 before attending the graduation ceremony. Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, will go on to the Gakushuin Girls' Senior High School in April. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko goes on outing to zoo

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (L), accompanied by her mother Princess Masako, arrives at Tokyo's Tama Zoo on a Gakushuin Kindergarten school outing on Nov. 17. (Pool photo)

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Princess Aiko watches primary school students' sports events

TOKYO, Japan - Kindergartner Princess Aiko and her mother Princess Masako head to Gakushuin primary school in Tokyo on Oct. 14 to watch the school students' sports events.

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Princess Aiko attends concert at Gakushuin School

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko (C), accompanied by her father Crown Prince Naruhito and mother Crown Princess Masakao, attends a concert at Gakushuin school hall in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on April 16. Princess Aiko, 4, entered Gakushuin kindergarten on April 11. (Pool photo)

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(15)Princess Nori to marry Tokyo gov't official Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako (R), who will marry Yoshiki Kuroda, arrives at Gakushuin Primary School, accompanied by her parents, Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko, to attend the entrance ceremony in April 1976.

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(14)Princess Nori to marry Tokyo gov't official Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako (R), who will marry Yoshiki Kuroda, talks to her classmate during an entrance ceremony of Tokyo's Gakushuin Junior Middle School in April 1982.

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(1)Mishima's unpublished letters to be disclosed

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows unpublished letters that the late writer Yukio Mishima wrote to his mentor from his teens through his death at the age of 45 in 1970. About 60 of the letters, addressed to the late Fumio Shimizu who taught Mishima Japanese literature at the then elite Middle School of Gakushuin in Tokyo, will be published in January.

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Emperor recalls years as student at Gakushuin

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L at back) and Empress Michiko attend a ceremony commemorating the 125th anniversary of Gakushuin in Mejiro in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on Dec. 13. In his speech, the emperor recalled being an elementary student at Gakushuin in 1940. Gakushuin was founded in 1877 as a peer school for the imperial family and related nobility. It became a private school after World War II.

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Prince Akishino aims to foster girls' individuality

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino (L), along with his wife Princess Kiko meets the press in Tokyo ahead of his 36th birthday on Nov. 30. Prince Akishino said he hopes to continue fostering the individual characters of his two daughters, Mako, 10, and 6-year-old Kako, who entered Gakushuin Primary School this spring. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako graduates from kindergarten

TOKYO, Japan - Flanked by her parents Prince Akishino (L) and Princess Kiko (R), Princess Kako (C) arrives at Gakushuin Kindergarten in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on March 15 to attend a commencement ceremony. Kako, the younger of the couple's two daughters, is scheduled to enroll in the primary level of the same school this spring. (Pool photo)

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Letters found from Mishima's youth

Private letters written by novelist Yukio Mishima in his teens are unveiled Oct. 21. The 53 letters were sent to the late Fumihiko Azuma, Mishima's schoolmate at Gakushuin Junior High and High School. A critic says the letters show Mishima's precocious talent.

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Prince Akishino aims to foster girls' individuality

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino (L), along with his wife Princess Kiko meets the press in Tokyo ahead of his 36th birthday on Nov. 30. Prince Akishino said he hopes to continue fostering the individual characters of his two daughters, Mako, 10, and 6-year-old Kako, who entered Gakushuin Primary School this spring.

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(14)Princess Nori to marry Tokyo gov't official Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako (R), who will marry Yoshiki Kuroda, talks to her classmate during an entrance ceremony of Tokyo's Gakushuin Junior Middle School in April 1982. (Kyodo)

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(15)Princess Nori to marry Tokyo gov't official Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako (R), who will marry Yoshiki Kuroda, arrives at Gakushuin Primary School, accompanied by her parents, Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko, to attend the entrance ceremony in April 1976. (Kyodo)

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(1)File photos of Princess Sayako's fianc Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiki Kuroda (L in middle row) poses for photos with sixth-grader classmates at Gakushuin Primary School in this undated file photo. The Imperial Household Agency announced on Dec. 30 that Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, will marry Kuroda, now a Tokyo metropolitan government official after next summer. (Kyodo)

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(4)File photos of Princess Sayako

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako (C), the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, participates in a sports event at Gakushuin Primary School in Tokyo in October 1980. (Kyodo)

Princess Aiko's artwork shown at imperial cultural festa

Princess Aiko turns 13

Princess Aiko

Crown prince, family arrive in Nagano

Crown prince, family arrive in Nagano

Princess graduates from primary school

Princess graduates from primary school

Princess Kako graduates from high school

Princess Kako graduates from high school

Princess Kako graduates from high school

Princess Kako graduates from high school

Princess Aiko playing cello

Princess Aiko at athletic meet

Princess Aiko at athletic meet

Princess Aiko at athletic meet

Princess Aiko at athletic meet

Little princess at school athletic meet

Little princess at school athletic meet

Little princess at school athletic meet

Princess Aiko not going to school after boys treated her harshly

Princess Aiko takes part in school athletic meet

Princess Aiko takes part in school athletic meet

Princess Aiko takes part in school athletic meet

Princess Aiko takes part in school athletic meet

Princess Masako attends daughter's sports meet

Princess Aiko runs in race at sports meet

Crown Princess Masako walks Princess Aiko to school

Crown Princess Masako walks Princess Aiko to school

Princess Aiko enters Gakushuin Primary School

Princess Aiko enters Gakushuin Primary School

Princess Aiko finishes kindergarten

Princess Aiko finishes kindergarten

Princess Aiko watches sports event at Gakushuin primary school

Princess Mako, Princess Kako begin new school year

Princess Mako graduates from Gakushuin Girls' Junior high

Princess Aiko goes on outing to zoo

Princess Aiko watches primary school students' sports events

Princess Aiko attends concert at Gakushuin School

(15)Princess Nori to marry Tokyo gov't official Kuroda

(14)Princess Nori to marry Tokyo gov't official Kuroda

(1)Mishima's unpublished letters to be disclosed

Emperor recalls years as student at Gakushuin

Prince Akishino aims to foster girls' individuality

Princess Kako graduates from kindergarten

Letters found from Mishima's youth

Prince Akishino aims to foster girls' individuality

(14)Princess Nori to marry Tokyo gov't official Kuroda

(15)Princess Nori to marry Tokyo gov't official Kuroda

(1)File photos of Princess Sayako's fianc Kuroda

(4)File photos of Princess Sayako

(1)File photos of Princess Sayako's fianc Kuroda