Princess Noriko relinquishes imperial family status

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)

Kazaoka becomes new chief aid to emperor

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)

Kazaoka becomes new chief aid to emperor

Kazaoka becomes new chief aid to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Noriyuki Kazaoka, who became the new Grand Steward of the Imperial Household Agency on June 1, 2012.

Princess Noriko relinquishes imperial family status

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) (Kyodo)

Imperial Household Agency grand steward to be succeeded by adjutancy

Imperial Household Agency grand steward to be succeeded by adjutancy

Undated photo shows Imperial Household Agency Vice Grand Steward Shinichiro Yamamoto. It was reported on Sept. 15, 2016, that the 66-year-old Yamamoto will replace Grand Steward Noriyuki Kazaoka, 70. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo