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Princess Kako attends speech contest by students

Japanese Princess Kako (L) arrives at the venue of a speech contest by junior high school students in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako attends speech contest by students

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a speech contest by junior high school students in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako attends speech contest by students

Japanese Princess Kako (back, C) attends a speech contest by junior high school students in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako in Shiga

Japanese Princess Kako chats with high school students participating in the calligraphy club at Shiga Prefectural Ibuki High School in Maibara, in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga on Oct. 8, 2025.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako (R) communicates via sign language with winners of a national high school sign language contest in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako addresses in sign language during the opening ceremony of a national high school sign language contest in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako addresses in sign language during the opening ceremony of a national high school sign language contest in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako addresses in sign language during the opening ceremony of a national high school sign language contest in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako (front, C) attends a national high school sign language contest in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 14, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japanese-language drama contest in Seoul

South Korean junior and senior high school students perform a play at a national Japanese-language drama contest in Seoul on Sept. 6, 2025.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language during a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language during a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language during a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language during a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako attends a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025.

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako uses sign language during a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan princess attends sign language speech contest

Japanese Princess Kako attends a sign language speech contest for high school students in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks to over 60 junior high school students from across Japan during a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2025, to enhance public awareness, especially among young people, of North Korea's abduction of Japanese in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Junior high school student meeting on abductions by N. Korea

Takuya Yokota, head of a group representing the families of Japanese abducted by North Korea, speaks to over 60 junior high school students from across Japan during a government-sponsored meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2025, to enhance public awareness, especially among young people, of the abduction issue. His sister Megumi was abducted at age 13 in 1977.

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Princess Kako at high school equestrian c'ship

Japanese Princess Kako attends the opening ceremony of the national high school equestrian championship in Gotemba in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25, 2025.

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Princess Kako at high school equestrian c'ship

Japanese Princess Kako attends the opening ceremony of the national high school equestrian championship in Gotemba in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25, 2025.

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Princess Kako at high school equestrian c'ship

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at an equestrian center in Gotemba in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25, 2025, to attend the opening ceremony of the national high school equestrian championship.

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Princess Kako at high school equestrian c'ship

Japanese Princess Kako delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of the national high school equestrian championship in Gotemba in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25, 2025.

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Crown prince at high school sports event in Hiroshima

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend the opening ceremony of a national inter-high school athletics competition in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.

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Crown prince at high school sports event in Hiroshima

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during the opening ceremony of a national inter-high school athletics competition in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 24, 2025. Crown Princess Kiko can be seen seated behind him.

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Crown prince at high school sports event in Hiroshima

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko attend the opening ceremony of a national inter-high school athletics competition in Hiroshima, western Japan, on July 24, 2025.

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Event to mark 100th anniv. of Koshien Stadium

NISHINOMIYA, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Characters featured in "Touch," a Japanese high school baseball manga series, are projected on the main board of Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo during an event marking the 100th anniversary of the opening of the ballpark on Aug. 1, 2022.(Kyodo)

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Japan emperor's state visit to Mongolia

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) listens to high school students giving speeches in Japanese at Shine Mongol School, a private school offering a Japanese-style 12-grade educational program, in Ulaanbaatar on July 10, 2025, during his state visit with Empress Masako to Mongolia. (Pool photo)

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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C), leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a meeting with Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura (far L) and Komeito party chief Tetsuo Saito (far R) in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. The three party leaders formalized a tripartite agreement on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms.

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Agreement on Japan's tuition-free program

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a meeting with Japan Innovation Party chief Hirofumi Yoshimura and Komeito party chief Tetsuo Saito in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. The three party leaders formalized a tripartite agreement on measures to ensure free high school education and advance social security reforms.

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CORRECTED: CORRECTED: Baseball: Japan teenage two-way player signs with A's

Shotaro Morii, 18-year-old baseball player from Japan's Toho Senior High School, attends an online press conference on Jan. 15, 2025, after signing a minor league contract with the Athletics. A two-way player with 45 high school home runs, Morii made a rare move for a Japanese prospect in bypassing the Japanese professional league to join an MLB-affiliated club directly from high school or college.

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Japan emperor, empress visit Noto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako on Dec. 17, 2024, meet people affected by torrential rain in September at a junior high school still being used as a temporary shelter in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture. The city on Noto Peninsula was also hit by a major earthquake in January. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Noto

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako on Dec. 17, 2024, meet people affected by torrential rain in September at a junior high school still being used as a temporary shelter in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture. The city on Noto Peninsula was also hit by a major earthquake in January. (Pool photo)

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

People gather around a bonfire as a junior high school building (back) is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary on Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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Art event in quake-hit Ishikawa town

A junior high school building is illuminated with colorful geometric patterns in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 15, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary next Jan. 1 of a powerful earthquake that devastated the region. Japanese digital artist Akira Hasegawa, hailing from the central Japan prefecture, produced the event at the school, which accommodated displaced people after the disaster and will be closed in March.

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[Breaking News]Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

HANAMAKI, Japan, Nov. 19 Kyodo - Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi throws in an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December. (Kyodo)

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi (C) attends a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi holds a press conference following a ceremony to mark the opening of an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi throws in an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi throws in an indoor baseball facility built by him in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate on Nov. 17, 2024. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic for children scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2024, shows an indoor baseball facility built by Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic scheduled to open in December.

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Baseball facility built by major leaguer Kikuchi

Photo taken on Nov. 17, 2024, shows an indoor baseball facility built by Japanese major league pitcher and Hanamaki Higashi High School alumni Yusei Kikuchi in Hanamaki in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Iwate. Called King of the Hill, the facility houses a weight training area and a sauna room as well as batting and pitching areas, with a baseball clinic scheduled to open in December.

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Southwestern Japan students attend papal audience

Junior high school students from Minamishimabara, Nagasaki Prefecture, pose for a photo after attending a general audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Oct. 23, 2024, clad in costumes simulating four Japanese teenagers sent to Rome as emissaries of a Catholic landlord in the 1580s. The southwestern Japan city, where the 16th-century emissaries studied at a Jesuit school, has sent delegations of local students since 2012, with the 2024 cohort being the first after the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ex-Japan abductee speaks in western Japan

Hitomi Soga, a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 before being repatriated in 2002, speaks to teachers at a high school in Zentsuji in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 17, 2024.

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Ex-Japan abductee speaks in western Japan

Hitomi Soga, a Japanese woman who was abducted to North Korea in 1978 before being repatriated in 2002, speaks to teachers at a high school in Zentsuji in the western Japan prefecture of Kagawa on Oct. 17, 2024.

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Sign language contest in western Japan

Japanese Princess Kako arrives at the venue of a national high school sign language contest in the Tottori Prefecture city of Yonago, western Japan, on Sept. 22, 2024.