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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

HAYAMA, Japan, May 20 Kyodo - Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko take a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and former Empress Michiko (C) chat with people while taking a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko take a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and former Empress Michiko take a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and former Empress Michiko take a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko take a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito to stay at villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (front, 2nd from R) and former Empress Michiko (front, R) chat with people while taking a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and former Empress Michiko (3rd from L) chat with people while taking a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito to stay at villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the Imperial Villa in Hayama, south of Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit villa in Kyoto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako visit Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto on Oct. 5, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit villa in Kyoto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako visit Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto on Oct. 5, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit villa in Kyoto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C) and Empress Masako visit Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto on Oct. 5, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit villa in Kyoto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C, facing camera) and Empress Masako visit Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto on Oct. 5, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit villa in Kyoto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C, facing camera) and Empress Masako visit Katsura Imperial Villa in Kyoto on Oct. 5, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress meet ex-residents of Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako (2nd from L) invite two former residents of Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean to an annex of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2025. The imperial couple visited the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, in April 2025 to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle there during the final year of World War II. Currently residents of Nasu, the two, both in their 90s, were ordered to evacuate from the island in 1944.

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Japan emperor, empress meet ex-residents of Iwoto Island

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako (2nd from L) invite two former residents of Iwoto Island in the Pacific Ocean to an annex of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 26, 2025. The imperial couple visited the remote Tokyo island, previously known as Iwojima, in April 2025 to commemorate the victims of the Japan-U.S. battle there during the final year of World War II. Currently residents of Nasu, the two, both in their 90s, were ordered to evacuate from the island in 1944.

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Japan imperial family at villa in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, talk to people upon arriving at Izu Kyuko Line's Shimoda Station in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 1, 2025, to stay at a local imperial villa. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family at villa in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at Izu Kyuko Line's Shimoda Station in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 1, 2025, to stay at a local imperial villa with her father, Emperor Naruhito, and mother, Empress Masako.

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Japan imperial family at villa in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko talks to people upon arriving at Izu Kyuko Line's Shimoda Station in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 1, 2025, to stay at a local imperial villa with her father, Emperor Naruhito, and mother, Empress Masako. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family at villa in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Princess Aiko talks to people upon arriving at Izu Kyuko Line's Shimoda Station in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 1, 2025, to stay at a local imperial villa with her father, Emperor Naruhito, and mother, Empress Masako. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family at villa in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (C) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, wave upon arriving at Izu Kyuko Line's Shimoda Station in Shimoda in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka on Aug. 1, 2025, to stay at a local imperial villa. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter, Aiko, take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on July 18, 2025.

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Japan imperial family at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet the press during a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on July 18, 2025.

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako (L) and their daughter Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Sept. 12, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family stay at villa in Tochigi Pref.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasu in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Former Japan emperor, empress in Nikko

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and former Empress Michiko take a walk in Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 28, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Former Japanese emperor, empress in Nikko

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko take a walk in Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 28, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Former Japan emperor, empress in Nikko

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and former Empress Michiko take a walk in Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park in Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 28, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family on summer vacation

(from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasushiobara in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2023, as they stay there for their summer vacation, the first time in four years after the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family on summer vacation

(from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko take a stroll on the premises of an imperial villa in Nasushiobara in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2023, as they stay there for their summer vacation, the first time in four years after the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Japan imperial family on summer vacation

(2nd from L) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko arrive at JR Nasushiobara Station in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on Aug. 21, 2023, to stay at an imperial villa for their summer vacation, for the first time in four years due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress release pheasants from Nasu summer villa

NASU, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko set free a locally bred pheasant at the grounds of the imperial villa in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture on Sept. 13. The imperial couple has taken up the hobby of releasing birds from the Nasu imperial grounds since the emperor's father, the late Emperor Hirohito, started the annual practice in 1967. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko in Hayama

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko take a stroll on a beach near the Hayama Imperial Villa in the town of Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2014. They will stay in Hayama for a break until Feb. 9.

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Japan's Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko in Hayama

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko wave to local people as they take a stroll on a beach near the Hayama Imperial Villa in the town of Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2014. They will stay in Hayama for a break until Feb. 9.

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Japan's Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko in Hayama

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak to local people as they take a stroll on a beach near the Hayama Imperial Villa in the town of Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2014. They will stay in Hayama for a break until Feb. 9.

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Japan's Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko in Hayama

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko take a stroll on a beach near the Hayama Imperial Villa in the town of Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Feb. 5, 2014. They will stay in Hayama for a break until Feb. 9.

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Diplomatic documents declassified

TOKYO, Japan - A 1945 file photo shows part of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Japanese diplomatic documents declassified on March 7, 2013, show reporters from the victorious allies tried to interview then Emperor Hirohito at the palace while soldiers visited an imperial villa and demanded a guide to it.

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Crown prince's family in Hayama

HAYAMA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (R) and their daughter Princess Aiko, 10, wave to visitors at a park near the Imperial Villa in the seaside resort town of Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince's family in Hayama

HAYAMA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (R) and their daughter Princess Aiko, 10, feed carp at a park near the Imperial Villa in the seaside resort town of Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Nov. 7, 2012. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince's family

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (R) and their 10-year-old daughter Princess Aiko wave at a crowd upon their arrival at JR Nasushiobara station in Tochigi Prefecture on Aug. 20, 2012. The family will spend about two weeks at a local imperial villa, where they vacation every summer. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince's family

NASUSHIOBARA, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L), his wife Crown Princess Masako (R) and their 10-year-old daughter Princess Aiko wave at a crowd upon their arrival at JR Nasushiobara station in Tochigi Prefecture on Aug. 20, 2012. The family will spend about two weeks at a local imperial villa, where they vacation every summer. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, family in Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L), Crown Princess Masako (R) and their daughter Princess Aiko wave to a crowd upon arrival at JR Nasushiobara Station in Tochigi Prefecture on May 3, 2012. The family's visit was to spend the latter half of the Golden Week holiday period at the local Nasu Imperial Villa. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Crown prince, family in Tochigi

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L), Crown Princess Masako (R) and their daughter Princess Aiko wave to a crowd upon arrival at JR Nasushiobara Station in Tochigi Prefecture on May 3, 2012. The family's visit was to spend the latter half of the Golden Week holiday period at the local Nasu Imperial Villa. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Emperor, empress visit flower farm

NASU, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko look at gentian flowers at a farm near the Nasu Imperial Villa in Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on July 26, 2010.

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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko leave for Suzaki villa

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko leave JR Tokyo Station for a retreat at the Imperial Suzaki villa in the city of Shimoda, Shizuoka Pefecture, on April 5, 2010. The royal couple will first make a stop in Kanagawa Prefecture and visit a natural park on the Manazuru Peninsula.

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Emperor takes young prince to sea

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko (C) help people bring a boat ashore on the beach after a sea excursion near the Hayama Imperial Villa in the town of Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, on Sept. 14, 2009. The emperor and the empress took Princess Kiko and her son Prince Hisahito to the sea rowing the boat themselves. The boat had been used by the late Emperor Showa for his research on sea animals. (Pool photo)