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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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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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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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Princess Aiko's name inscribed in imperial family registry

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial Household Agency chief Toshio Yuasa signs the imperial family registry Dec. 10 in which Princess Aiko, the newborn daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, was registered. The princess's name, and the names of her father and mother and the time, date and place of her birth were registered at the agency's Archives and Mausolea Department, located in the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo.

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Princess Aiko's name inscribed in imperial family registry

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial Household Agency chief Toshio Yuasa signs the imperial family registry Dec. 10 in which Princess Aiko, the newborn daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, was registered. The princess's name, and the names of her father and mother and the time, date and place of her birth were registered at the agency's Archives and Mausolea Department, located in the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo.

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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) (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)