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Thailand's New Coalition Government - Bangkok

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and new cabinet ministers take an oath in front of King Maha Vajiralongkorn at Dusit Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, September 24, 2025. Thailand's new coalition government of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his cabinet ministers was sworn into office on Wednesday, following the royal endorsement of the new portfolios last week. The 36-member cabinet under the Bhumjaithai Party-led coalition recited the oath of allegiance before an audience with King Maha Vajiralongkorn in a traditional ceremony held at Dusit Palace in the capital, Bangkok. Photo by Bureau of the Royal Household/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Thailand's New Coalition Government - Bangkok

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and new cabinet ministers take an oath in front of King Maha Vajiralongkorn at Dusit Palace in Bangkok, Thailand, September 24, 2025. Thailand's new coalition government of Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul and his cabinet ministers was sworn into office on Wednesday, following the royal endorsement of the new portfolios last week. The 36-member cabinet under the Bhumjaithai Party-led coalition recited the oath of allegiance before an audience with King Maha Vajiralongkorn in a traditional ceremony held at Dusit Palace in the capital, Bangkok. Photo by Bureau of the Royal Household/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Imperial Palace in Tokyo

Photo taken on July 25, 2025, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Imperial Palace in Tokyo and Imperial Household Agency building to its right.

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President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing - Mexico

Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo is seen behind José Antonio Peña Merino, Head of the Agency for Digital Transformation and Telecommunications while speak about the household goods that have been handled through a new consular service platform, which allows repatriated Mexican citizens to bring in their belongings without paying foreign trade taxes during a news conference at National Palace. on July 18, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds Briefing - Mexico

José Antonio Peña Merino, Head of the Agency for Digital Transformation and Telecommunications, speaks about the household goods that have been handled through a new consular service platform, which allows repatriated Mexican citizens to bring in their belongings without paying foreign trade taxes during a news conference at National Palace. on July 18, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Autumn gagaku concert

An autumn gagaku concert is performed by the Music Department of the Imperial Household Agency at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Unseen parts of Imperial Palace to open to public

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 2010 shows the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The Imperial Household Agency said Dec. 16, 2013, that it will open parts of the palace previously inaccessible to the public in the spring and fall of 2014 to commemorate Emperor Akihito's 80th birthday, which falls on Dec. 23, 2013.

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(3)Princess Sayako to marry childhood friend after next summer

TOKYO, Japan - Grand Steward Toshio Yuasa of the Imperial Household announces at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo on Dec. 30 that Princess Sayako will marry Yoshiki Kuroda, a civil servant at the Tokyo metropolitan government, after next summer. (Pool photo)

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(1)Princess Sayako, her fiance Kuroda meet the press

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako (R), the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, and her fiance Yoshiki Kuroda speak at a press conference at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo on Dec. 30. Earlier in the day, the Imperial Household Agency announced that Princess Sayako and Kuroda, a Tokyo metropolitan government employee, will marry after next summer. (Pool photo)

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(1)Princess Sayako to marry childhood friend after next summer

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiki Kuroda, a Tokyo metropolitan government official, poses for photos in front of his home in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Dec. 30 before heading for the Imperial Palace to meet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. The Imperial Household Agency announced that Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito, will marry him after next summer. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress attend music concert

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a concert hosted by senior officials of the Imperial Household Agency and Imperial Guard at their palace in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2014, to celebrate their 80th birthdays. (Pool photo)

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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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Official record of Emperor Hirohito's life

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Nov. 22, 1987, shows Emperor Hirohito standing in a garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. On Sept. 9, 2014, the Imperial Household Agency released the official record of the 87-year life of the emperor, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, after spending 24 years compiling the 61-volume record.

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Imperial Household Agency's Archives dept.

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency's Archives and Mausolea Department located in the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo is seen in this undated photo. The annals of Emperor Showa (1901-1989), around 12,000 pages in length, will be opened to the public in mid-September. Compiled by the department, they took about 24 years to complete.

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Prince Katsura's funeral

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial Household Agency employees bow as a hearse carrying the body of Prince Katsura, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, passes the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 17, 2014, the day of the main funeral service for the prince following his recent death at age 66.

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Unseen parts of Imperial Palace opened to public

TOKYO, Japan - People enter the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 24, 2014, for a special tour able to see the inside of the palace. The Imperial Household Agency opened parts of the palace to the public to commemorate the 80th birthday of Emperor Akihito last December. The special tour is being held on May 24 and 25, with three groups of about 50 people participating each day.

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Unseen parts of Imperial Palace opened to public

TOKYO, Japan - People see the Homeiden state banquet hall of the Imperial Palace, where the emperor hosts a banquet dinner for state guests, in Tokyo on May 24, 2014, during their special tour of the palace. The Imperial Household Agency opened parts of the palace to the public to commemorate the 80th birthday of Emperor Akihito last December. The special tour is being held on May 24 and 25, with three groups of about 50 people participating each day. (Pool photo by Nihon Keizai Shimbun)

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Imperial Household Agency musicians play "gagaku" music

TOKYO, Japan - "Gagaku" traditional Japanese imperial court music is played by musicians of the Imperial Household Agency in their spring concert at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 26, 2014. "Gagaku" performed by the court musicians of the Imperial Household's music department is an Important Intangible Cultural Property. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress listen to "gagaku" music

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attend a spring concert by "gagaku" (traditional Japan imperial court music) musicians of the Imperial Household Agency at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 26, 2014. "Gagaku" performed by the court musicians of the Imperial Household's music department is an Important Intangible Cultural Property. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess to visit Netherlands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2013 shows Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and his wife Crown Princess Masako at the entrance of their palace in Tokyo after the crown prince's return from New York. The Imperial Household Agency is making final arrangements for Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako to attend the coronation of the new Dutch king later in April, agency sources said on April 17, 2013.

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Crown princess to visit Netherlands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2006 shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (3rd from L), his wife Princess Masako (2nd from L) and their daughter Princess Aiko (L, front) visiting the former royal stables adjacent to Het Loo Palace in the eastern Dutch city of Apeldoorn with Dutch Queen Beatrix (far L), Crown Prince Willem-Alexander (2nd from R) and his family during a two-week private trip to the Netherlands. The Imperial Household Agency is making final arrangements for Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako to attend the coronation of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander later in April, agency sources said on April 17, 2013.

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Imperial Palace illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency conducts a rehearsal on Dec. 21, 2012 for illuminating the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, ahead of illuminating the palace between Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, and Jan. 6, 2013.

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Imperial Palace illuminated

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency conducts a rehearsal on Dec. 21, 2012 for illuminating the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, ahead of illuminating the palace between Dec. 23, the birthday of Emperor Akihito, and Jan. 6, 2013.

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Kazaoka becomes new chief aid to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - Noriyuki Kazaoka (R) receives a certificate for his new post of Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency from Emperor Akihito (L) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 1, 2012. Standing between them is Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura. (Pool photo)

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Emperor to undergo heart bypass surgery

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito arrives at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2012 after spending the previous night in University of Tokyo Hospital, where he underwent a detailed heart exam on Feb. 11. The 78-year-old emperor will undergo heart bypass surgery on Feb. 18 at the hospital, the Imperial Household Agency said on Feb. 12.

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Japan emperor hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko leave the Imperial Palace and head for the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Nov. 6, 2011. The emperor, 77, was admitted to the hospital as a precaution due to a deterioration of symptoms of a light form of bronchitis that he has occasionally exhibited, according to the Imperial Household Agency.

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Crown Prince Naruhito at tea party

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from R) attends a tea party with recipients of the Order of Culture and Persons of Cultural Merit awards at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 4, 2011. Emperor Akihito cancelled his scheduled attendance due to a cold, according to the Imperial Household Agency. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Ceremonial horse-drawn carriage runs in imperial garden

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremonial horse-drawn carriage, which was used for special occasions such as the wedding parade of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in 1959, runs in the East Garden in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2009. The Imperial Household Agency ran the two carriages to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the emperor's enthronement.

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Japanese emperor, crown prince

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (C), his eldest son Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Crown Princess Masako are seen attending a Dec. 23, 2008 ceremony to celebrate the emperor's birthday at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The future of the imperial family has been a political and household topic as the 20th anniversary of the 75-year-old emperor's enthronement was marked Nov. 12, 2009.

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Kyoto palace opens to tourists

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists stroll in Kyoto Imperial Palace in Kamigyo Ward of the ancient Japanese capital on Nov. 1, 2009. The Imperial Household Agency in a rare move opened the premises to the public to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Emperor Akihito's enthronement.

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Kyoto palace opens to tourists

KYOTO, Japan - Tourists stroll in Kyoto Imperial Palace in Kamigyo Ward of the ancient Japanese capital on Nov. 1, 2009. The Imperial Household Agency in a rare move opened the premises to the public to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Emperor Akihito's enthronement.

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Emperor, empress attend concert marking 50th wedding anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R), his wife Empress Michiko (R), Crown Prince Naruhito (2nd from L) and his wife Crown Princess Masako attend a concert performed by members of the Music Department of the Imperial Household Agency to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the emperor's and empress's wedding and the 20th anniversary of their accession at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 17. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress attend concert marking 50th wedding anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and his wife Empress Michiko chat as they attend a concert performed by members of the Music Department of the Imperial Household Agency to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their wedding and the 20th anniversary of their accession at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 17. (Pool photo)

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Imperial Palace's inner gardens open to the public

TOKYO, Japan - A group of visitors stroll through the inner gardens of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in a guided tour for the elderly people on Sept. 13. The Imperial Household Agency opens the 25-hectare Fukiage gardens twice a year, once in May mainly for children and once around Respect for the Aged Day for people aged over 70. Ninety people visited the gardens on Sept. 13. They were chosen by lottery from among 1,900 applicants, according to palace officials. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Imperial Palace's inner gardens open to the public

TOKYO, Japan - A group of visitors stroll through the inner gardens of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in a guided tour for the elderly people on Sept. 13. The Imperial Household Agency opens the 25-hectare Fukiage gardens twice a year, once in May mainly for children and once around Respect for the Aged Day for people aged over 70. Ninety people visited the gardens on Sept. 13. They were chosen by lottery from among 1,900 applicants, according to palace officials. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Family of crown prince meets emperor, empress

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (R), Crown Princess Masako (C) and their daughter Princess Aiko (L) visit the Imperial Palace to meet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on April 6. (pool photo). The number of visits by the family to the Imperial Palace has increased since Imperial Household Agency chief Shingo Haketa expressed hope in late February that the crown prince and his family would visit his parents, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, at their palace more often.

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Deities restored to quake-reinforced Imperial Palace shrines

TOKYO, Japan - Shinto priests and employees of the Imperial Household Agency dressed in Shinto costumes carry the deities of the imperial family back to the three earthquake-reinforced shrines from a makeshift shrine inside the Imperial Palace on March 25. The deities, in the form of sacred objects where the spirits of deities dwell, had been temporarily housed at the makeshift shrine during earthquake-reinforcement work at the imperial shrines. The shrines, built in 1888, are used by the emperor and empress and members of the imperial family in various imperial rites. (Pool photo)

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Empress Michiko feels dizzy on waking up in morning: palace

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko, who the palace says feels dizzy waking up in the morning, is seen in this photo taking part in a New Year's Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace on Jan. 16. The Imperial Household Agency said the 73-year-old empress has experienced dizziness upon waking up each morning for the past one week.

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Visitors tour inner gardens of Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors tour the gardens inside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as the Imperial Household Agency opened the inner gardens to a group of elderly citizens on Sept. 15, two days ahead of the Respect of the Senior Citizens Day. The tour was arranged in line with Emperor Akihito's wish to share the joys of nature in the inner palace grounds with the public, palace officials say. Ninety people chosen by lottery from more than 8,400 applicants from around the country were given a guided tour of the greeneries in the garden. This is the second tour of the inner imperial gardens arranged by the palace. The first took place in May this year for a group of 200 children. (Pool photo)

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Visitors tour inner gardens of Imperial Palace

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors tour the gardens inside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo as the Imperial Household Agency opened the inner gardens to a group of elderly citizens on Sept. 15, two days ahead of the Respect of the Senior Citizens Day. The tour was arranged in line with Emperor Akihito's wish to share the joys of nature in the inner palace grounds with the public, palace officials say. Ninety people chosen by lottery from more than 8,400 applicants from around the country were given a guided tour of the greeneries in the garden. This is the second tour of the inner imperial gardens arranged by the palace. The first took place in May this year for a group of 200 children. (Pool photo)

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Imperial Palace opens Fukiage area to public for 1st time

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency organized a nature-observing event in the Imperial Palace's Fukiage woodland area on May 4, allowing the general public to walk through the area for the first time. Photo shows participants in the event observing part of the 25-hectare park, which abounds in natural beauty and has been left almost untouched for about 70 years. (Pool photo)

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Empress Michiko visits flower arrangement exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Empress Michiko (R), led by Akane Teshigawara, head of the Sogetsu school of flower arrangement, views flower arrangements on exhibit at a Tokyo department store on March 8, her first official duty outside the Imperial Palace since the Imperial Household Agency said on March 6 that the empress has shown symptoms of bleeding from the walls of the intestines several times. The exhibition was held in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the school. (Pool photo)

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Bonsai prepared for adorning Imperial Palace for New Year's

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial Household Agency staffers are busy Dec. 26 preparing bonsai trees for New Year's to adorn the Imperial Palace.

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Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko meet emperor, empress

TOKYO, Japan - Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko arrive at the Imperial Palace on Feb. 8 to meet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. The Imperial Household Agency announced the previous day that the 39-year-old princess is expecting a baby in autumn.

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

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako, the 35-year-old daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, will marry Yoshiki Kuroda, a Tokyo metropolitan government official, a senior Imperial Household Agency official said on Nov. 14. This pool photo taken on Nov. 6, 2003 shows the princess speak at a press conference at the Imperial Palace prior to her official visit to Latin America.

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Agency keeps mum on reports at emperor's request

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (C), Empress Michiko (right of emperor), Prince Naruhito (left of emperor) and Princess Nori (left of prince) meet members of the Japan Academy at the Imperial Palace on June 14. An Imperial Household Agency official said the same day the emperor and empress have expressed a wish for the agency to keep silent on media reports about the imperial family that have apparently been prompted by remarks Crown Prince Naruhito made in May on his wife, Princess Masako, who could not accompany him on a recent trip to Europe due to health problems. (Pool photo)

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Princess Masako leaves hospital after shingles treatment

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Masako (R), accompanied by her husband Crown Prince Naruhito, leaves the Imperial Palace compound in Tokyo on Dec. 8 after being released from the Hospital of the Imperial Household, where she was treated for shingles.

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Crown Princess Masako hospitalized with shingles

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako, along with her husband Crown Prince Naruhito, is driven into the Imperial Palace compound in Tokyo on Dec. 4 to be hospitalized for shingles at the Hospital of the Imperial Household.

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(3)Princess Aiko turns 1

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, with their daughter Princess Aiko, are about to leave their residence in Motoakasaka, Tokyo on Dec. 1 for the Imperial Palace to report to Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko on the princess's first birthday. The young princess, who weighs 9,320 grams and is 74.2 centimeters tall, is growing steadily and is bigger than the average 1-year-old baby, according to the Imperial Household Agency. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Masako meets emperor, empress

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako, who gave birth to Princess Aiko on Dec. 1, leaves Togu Palace in Tokyo's Motoakasaka district on Dec. 30 for the Imperial Palace to meet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. It was the first time for the new mother to leave her home since she was discharged from the Imperial Household Hospital on Dec. 8.