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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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Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (L) and Aiko take part in a duck-netting event at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princess at duck-netting event

Japanese Princess Kako takes part in a duck-netting event at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (R) and Aiko prepare to release ducks at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (back) and Aiko release ducks at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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Princesses at duck-netting event

Japanese princesses Kako (R) and Aiko prepare to release ducks at an area designated by the Imperial Household Agency for duck-netting in Ichikawa in the eastern Japan prefecture of Chiba on Feb. 14, 2025. The traditional duck-netting event, in which the birds are caught in a net and then released, was held for dignitaries including ambassadors to Japan.

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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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Prince Hitachi

File photo taken on May 29, 2017, shows Prince Hitachi, the uncle of Japanese Emperor Naruhito. The prince was hospitalized on March 1, 2023, for fever, the Imperial Household Agency said.

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Prince Hisahito's acorn collection, map exhibited

TOKYO, Japan - Acorns collected by 8-year-old Prince Hisahito, grandson of Emperor Akihito and third in line to the throne, accompanied by a map of where they were found within the compounds of the Akasaka imperial grounds, 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. (Pool photo)

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Empress Michiko's poem shown at imperial cultural festa

TOKYO, Japan - A handwritten poem by Empress Michiko about her daughter Sayako Kuroda serving as a special sacred priestess during Ise Shrine's rebuilding event is shown to the press on Dec. 10, 2014, on the eve of its display at the Imperial Household Agency staff union's in-house cultural festival. (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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Emperor Akihito's poem for imperial cultural festival

TOKYO, Japan - The Imperial Household Agency shows the press a poem by Emperor Akihito on Dec. 10, 2014, on the eve of its display at the agency staff union's in-house cultural festival. (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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Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko mark 50th wedding anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - People sign books to celebrate the 50th wedding anniversary of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko in front of the Imperial Household Agency on April 10.

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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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Princess Noriko relinquishes imperial family status

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial Household Agency Grand Steward Noriyuki Kazaoka registers on Oct. 6, 2014, at the Imperial Household Agency's Archives and Mausolea Department in Tokyo that Princess Noriko, a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, lost her imperial family status after she married Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of Izumo Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Shimane Prefecture. (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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Official record of Emperor Hirohito's life

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Aug. 19, 2014, shows part of the official record of the 87-year life of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa. On Sept. 9, the Imperial Household Agency released the 61-volume record after spending 24 years compiling it. (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 Sept. 15, 1923, shows Crown Prince Hirohito (L front) during his visit to Tokyo's Ueno Park to inspect fire damage following the magnitude 7.9 Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated the Japanese capital and its vicinity on Sept. 1 that year. On Sept. 9, 2014, the Imperial Household Agency released the official record it compiled of the 87-year life of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa.

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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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Emperor Showa's annals completed in 24 years

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Emperor Hirohito reviews troops at a military parade in Tokyo on April 29, 1944. The Imperial Household Agency is due to publish the 12,000-page annals of the emperor, posthumously known as Emperor Showa (1901-1989), in mid-September after some 24 years of work.

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Emperor Showa's annals completed in 24 years

TOKYO, Japan Kyodo - Japanese Emperor Hirohito (R) meets Gen. Douglas MacArthur at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Sep. 27, 1945. The Imperial Household Agency is due to publish the 12,000-page annals of the emperor, posthumously known as Emperor Showa (1901-1989), in mid-September after some 24 years of work.

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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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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo)

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo)

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Visitors at Izumo-taisha in Shimane Pref.

MATSUE, Japan - People visit Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture on May 27, 2014. The Imperial Household Agency announced the same day Princess Noriko, second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, has become engaged to Kunimaro Senge, chief priest's eldest son of the shrine.

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Princess Noriko engaged to Izumo shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, is engaged to marry Kunimaro Senge (L), the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, the Imperial Household Agency said May 27, 2014.

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko, the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Kunimaro Senge, the 40-year-old eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, holds a press conference with his fiancee, Princess Noriko, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Princess Noriko is the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, and Senge is a priest at the Izumo grand shrine. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo)

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken May 11, 2013, shows priest Kunimaro Senge (L) and other priests during a rite at Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture. Princess Noriko, the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, has engaged to Senge, 40, the Imperial Household Agency said May 27, 2014.

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Princess Noriko engaged

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Princess Noriko, second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, at a spring garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on April 17, 2014. Princess Noriko has become engaged to Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, the Imperial Household Agency said May 27.

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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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Princess Mako graduates from ICU

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Mako, a granddaughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, arrives at International Christian University in Tokyo on March 26, 2014, to attend a commencement ceremony. The princess plans to concentrate on public duties instead of entering graduate school or starting work, according to the Imperial Household Agency. (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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Imperial graveyard

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 13, 2013, shows the tomb of the late Emperor Showa 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 graveyard

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Nov. 13, 2013, shows the tomb of the late Emperor Showa 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 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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Prince Mikasa hospitalized

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in October 2008 shows Prince Mikasa, uncle of Emperor Akihito. The 97-year-old youngest brother of the late Emperor Hirohito has been hospitalized after partially losing consciousness at his home Nov. 12, 2013, the Imperial Household Agency said Nov. 13.