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Japan prince's coming-of-age luncheon

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) speaks at a luncheon celebrating the coming-of-age of his son Prince Hisahito (far R) at the Meiji Kinenkan banquet hall in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2025, alongside Crown Princess Kiko (2nd from R) and Princess Kako, Hisahito's elder sister. (Pool photo)

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Japan prince's coming-of-age luncheon

Japanese Prince Hisahito (far R) speaks at a luncheon celebrating his coming-of-age at the Meiji Kinenkan banquet hall in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2025, alongside his parents -- Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko -- and his elder sister Princess Kako (far L). (Pool photo)

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Japan prince's coming-of-age luncheon

Japanese Prince Hisahito makes a toast at a luncheon celebrating his coming-of-age at the Meiji Kinenkan banquet hall in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan prince's coming-of-age luncheon

Japanese Prince Hisahito makes a toast at a luncheon celebrating his coming-of-age at the Meiji Kinenkan banquet hall in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at award ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (sitting, back) and Crown Princess Kiko attend an award ceremony for promising researchers in their 20s to 30s at the Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2024.

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Japan crown prince at award ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (sitting, back) and Crown Princess Kiko attend an award ceremony for promising researchers in their 20s to 30s at the Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2024.

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Japan crown prince at award ceremony

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko chat with awardees after attending an award ceremony for promising researchers in their 20s to 30s at the Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2024. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako at award ceremony

Japan's Princess Kako attends a ceremony at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2023, to reward efforts to create green cities.

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Princess Kako at award ceremony

Japan's Princess Kako addresses a ceremony at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2023, to reward efforts to create green cities.

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Princess Kako at award ceremony

Japan's Princess Kako addresses a ceremony at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2023, to reward efforts to create green cities.

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Princess Kiko

Japanese Princess Kiko (C, R) chats with female researchers who returned to work after childbirth or child rearing with the backing of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, during her meeting with them at the Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kiko

Japanese Princess Kiko (L) chats with female researchers who returned to work after childbirth or child rearing with the backing of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, during her meeting with them at the Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Kiko

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (back) meets with female researchers who returned to work after childbirth or child rearing with the backing of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, during an event at the Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako speaks during an award presentation ceremony for authors of children's books at the Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on June 6, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Kako

Japanese Princess Kako speaks during an award presentation ceremony for authors of children's books at the Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on June 6, 2023. (Pool photo)

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

TOKYO, Nov. 30 Kyodo - File photo taken in March 2004 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki drawing characters from his popular horror comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" on a wall in the lobby of the Mizuki Shigeru Kinenkan museum in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. Mizuki died of multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93.

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2010 Praemium Imperiale laureates

TOKYO, Japan - The 2010 laureates of the Praemium Imperiale arts prize, (from L) Italian artist Enrico Castellani, German artist Rebecca Horn, Japanese architect Toyo Ito, Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini and Italian actress Sophia Loren, attend the award ceremony at Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010. The annual award by the Japan Art Association was inaugurated in 1989 in honor of late Prince Takamatsu, uncle of Emperor Akihito.

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the painter

TOKYO, Japan - A painting by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on display at an art exhibition by politicians and celebrities being held at the Kensei Kinenkan building in Tokyo. Art works by former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and 16 other Diet members are also on display. The admissions-free exhibition will last through April 13.

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Japan marks 50th anniversary of Antarctic Showa Base

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Japan's Antarctic observation at the Showa Base is held at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 29 with live broadcasts from the base (L).

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Japan marks 50th anniversary of Antarctic Showa Base

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito makes a speech at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Japan's Antarctic observation at the Showa Base at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 29.

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Princess Kako at award ceremony for children's books

Japanese Princess Kako speaks at the Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on June 3, 2022, during an award presentation ceremony for authors of children's books. (Pool photo)

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Princess Kako at award ceremony for children's books

Japanese Princess Kako speaks at the Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on June 3, 2022, during an award presentation ceremony for authors of children's books. (Pool photo)

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

File photo taken in March 2012 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki (center L) and his wife Nunoe Mura (center R) throwing rice cakes during a ceremony to mark the reopening of the Mizuki Shigeru Kinenkan museum in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. Mizuki died of multiple organ failure on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki dies at 93

File photo taken in March 2004 shows Japanese cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki drawing characters from his popular horror comic series "Gegege no Kitaro" on a wall in the lobby of the Mizuki Shigeru Kinenkan museum in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan. Mizuki died of myocardial infarction on Nov. 30, 2015, at age 93. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Princess Akiko attends Japan-Turkey Society meeting

Photo taken May 18, 2015, shows Princess Akiko, the eldest daughter of the late Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, when she attended an annual meeting of the Japan-Turkey Society, of which she serves as president, at Tokyo's Meiji Kinenkan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Princess Akiko attends Japan-Turkey Society meeting

Princess Akiko, the eldest daughter of the late Prince Tomohito of Mikasa, a cousin of Emperor Akihito, is welcomed after arriving at Tokyo's Meiji Kinenkan on May 18, 2015, to attend an annual meeting of the Japan-Turkey Society in this file photo. The princess serves as the society's president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(CORRECTED) Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the painter

TOKYO, Japan - A painting by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on display at an art exhibition by politicians and celebrities being held at the Kensei Kinenkan building in Tokyo. Art works by former Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu and 16 other Diet members are also on display. The admissions-free exhibition will last through April 13. (Kyodo)

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Japan marks 50th anniversary of Antarctic Showa Base

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito makes a speech at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Japan's Antarctic observation at the Showa Base at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 29. (Kyodo)

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Japan marks 50th anniversary of Antarctic Showa Base

TOKYO, Japan - A ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of Japan's Antarctic observation at the Showa Base is held at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Jan. 29 with live broadcasts from the base (L). (Kyodo)

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2010 Praemium Imperiale laureates

TOKYO, Japan - The 2010 laureates of the Praemium Imperiale arts prize, (from L) Italian artist Enrico Castellani, German artist Rebecca Horn, Japanese architect Toyo Ito, Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini and Italian actress Sophia Loren, attend the award ceremony at Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on Oct. 13, 2010. The annual award by the Japan Art Association was inaugurated in 1989 in honor of late Prince Takamatsu, uncle of Emperor Akihito. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress attend meeting of war-bereaved families

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the Meiji Kinenkan hall in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2017, to attend a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the establishment of Nippon Izokukai, an organization of bereaved families of World War II dead. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum for cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki

Yuka Mido (R), a 35-year-old housewife from Okayama Prefecture, poses for a photo after becoming the 4 millionth visitor to the Mizuki Shigeru Kinenkan, a museum that opened in 2003 in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, in honor of the Japanese cartoonist. A specialist in stories of traditional Japanese ghouls and goblins, Mizuki, best known for his manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, died at 93 in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum for cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki

Yuka Mido (front row, R), a 35-year-old housewife from Okayama Prefecture, poses for a photo after becoming the 4 millionth visitor to the Mizuki Shigeru Kinenkan, a museum that opened in 2003 in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, in honor of the Japanese cartoonist. A specialist in stories of traditional Japanese ghouls and goblins, Mizuki, best known for his manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, died at 93 in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Princess Mako at award ceremony

Japanese Princess Mako, the eldest granddaughter of Emperor Akihito, addresses a ceremony at Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo on Nov. 19, 2018, to award efforts to create green cities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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French actress Deneuve awarded Japan prize

French actress Catherine Deneuve is pictured at the Meiji Kinenkan building in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 2018, after she was awarded the Praemium Imperiale, a global art prize in honor of Prince Takamatsu given by the Japan Art Association. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Vietnam celebrate 45th anniv. of diplomatic ties

(From R) Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Japanese Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and the president's wife Nguyen Thi Hien chat at a reception celebrating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries on June 1, 2018, at the Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Vietnam celebrate 45th anniv. of diplomatic ties

(From R) Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Japanese Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and the president's wife Nguyen Thi Hien attend a reception celebrating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries on June 1, 2018, at the Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Vietnam celebrate 45th anniv. of diplomatic ties

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang (R), Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L on front), Empress Michiko (back L) and the president's wife Nguyen Thi Hien (back R) attend a reception celebrating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries on June 1, 2018, at the Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Vietnam celebrate 45th anniv. of diplomatic ties

(From R in seating) Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Japanese Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and the president's wife Nguyen Thi Hien enjoy a music performance at a reception celebrating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries on June 1, 2018, at the Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Vietnam celebrate 45th anniv. of diplomatic ties

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) talks with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang at a reception celebrating the 45th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries on June 1, 2018, at the Meiji Kinenkan in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo