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Japan imperial couple visit Akasaka Estate

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo on July 3, 2026, to brief former Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko about their recent official visit to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple leave Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (far R) bid farewell at Melsbroek Air Base on the outskirts of Brussels on June 25, 2026, before flying back to Japan following their two-week official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple leave Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave as they leave for home from Melsbroek Air Base on the outskirts of Brussels on June 25, 2026, following their two-week official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple leave Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave as they leave for home from Melsbroek Air Base on the outskirts of Brussels on June 25, 2026, following their two-week official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple leave Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave as they leave for home from Melsbroek Air Base on the outskirts of Brussels on June 25, 2026, following their two-week official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple leave Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako (on a red carpet) bid farewell at Melsbroek Air Base on the outskirts of Brussels on June 25, 2026, before flying back to Japan following their two-week official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple leave Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako (on a red carpet) bid farewell at Melsbroek Air Base on the outskirts of Brussels on June 25, 2026, before flying back to Japan following their two-week official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (far R) and Empress Masako (2nd from R) bid farewell to Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde after taking a stroll in a botanical garden at the Palace of Laeken in Brussels on June 25, 2026. The Japanese imperial couple will fly to Japan later in the day, wrapping up their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (far R) and Empress Masako (2nd from R) bid farewell to Belgian King Philippe and Queen Mathilde after taking a stroll in a botanical garden at the Palace of Laeken in Brussels on June 25, 2026. The Japanese imperial couple will fly to Japan later in the day, wrapping up their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (C, L) and Belgium's King Philippe toast, as Queen Mathilde (L) and Empress Masako raise glasses, during a state banquet at the Palace of Laeken in Brussels on June 23, 2026, held as part of an official visit by the Japanese imperial couple to Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (C, L) and Empress Masako (far L) pose for a photo with Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde outside the Royal Palace of Brussels on June 23, 2026, during an official welcome ceremony for the Japanese imperial couple as part of their official visit to Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple meet grandchild of ex-Dutch general in Amsterdam

Inez Schelfhout (L), the granddaughter of a former Dutch general who survived a Japanese internment camp as a child during World War II, is pictured before meeting with Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. Her late grandfather was imprisoned in what is now Indonesia after the country was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army. In 2000, he attended a ceremony in which Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko laid flowers at a war memorial during their visit to the Netherlands. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple meet grandchild of ex-Dutch general in Amsterdam

Inez Schelfhout, the granddaughter of a former Dutch general who survived a Japanese internment camp as a child during World War II, speaks to the press after meeting with Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako in Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. Her late grandfather was imprisoned in what is now Indonesia after the country was occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army. In 2000, he attended a ceremony in which Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko laid flowers at a war memorial during their visit to the Netherlands. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple leave Netherlands

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave at Schiphol airport on the outskirts of Amsterdam on June 20, 2026, before flying to Belgium for their official trip. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple leave Netherlands

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave at Schiphol airport on the outskirts of Amsterdam on June 20, 2026, before flying to Belgium for their official trip. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple leave Netherlands

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) and Empress Masako are greeted at Schiphol airport on the outskirts of Amsterdam on June 20, 2026, before flying to Belgium for their official trip. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted by Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth (bottom) upon arriving at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted by Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth (bottom) upon arriving at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (3rd from R) and Empress Masako (2nd from R) are greeted by Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth (R) upon arriving at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (front, 2nd from R) and Empress Masako (front, 3rd from R) are greeted upon arriving at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. Standing behind them is Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth.

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako (behind him) are greeted by Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth (R) upon arriving at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium.

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted by Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth (R) upon arriving at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted by Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth (R) upon arriving at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted by Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth (R) upon arriving at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted by Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth (R) upon arriving at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium.

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Japan's imperial couple arrive in Belgium

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at Melsbroek Air Base near Brussels on June 20, 2026, on the second leg of their official trip to the Netherlands and Belgium.

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Japan's imperial couple plant cherry tree near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako pose after planting a cherry tree during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple plant cherry tree near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plant a cherry tree during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple plant cherry tree near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plant a cherry tree during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple plant cherry tree near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plant a cherry tree during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit Japan 2011 disaster memorial near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako observe a moment of silence at a memorial dedicated to the victims of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit Japan 2011 disaster memorial near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako observe a moment of silence at a memorial dedicated to the victims of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (3rd from R) bid farewell to Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima following a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (3rd from R) bid farewell to Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima following a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (3rd from) leave a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (far R) bid farewell to Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima following a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako (3rd from) leave a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, with Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave following a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Empress Masako receives flowers from a child during a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Empress Masako (front, R) and Dutch Queen Maxima (behind her) speak to children during a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. Standing behind them are Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Dutch King Willem-Alexander. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (far L) and Empress Masako (2nd from L) pose for a photo with Dutch King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima during a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L) and Empress Masako (far L) pose for a photo with children during a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (front, R) and Empress Masako (behind him) speak to children during a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (front, R) and Empress Masako (behind him) speak to children during a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Empress Masako speaks to a child during a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave as they are greeted upon arriving at a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted upon arriving at a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit children's cancer hospital in Utrecht

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (3rd from L) and Empress Masako (4th from L) pose for a photo with Dutch King Willem-Alexander (4th from R) and Queen Maxima (3rd from R) during a visit to a hospital for child cancer patients in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)