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STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251211Medicine laureate Shimon Sakaguchi with wife Noriko Sakaguchi and behind him literature laureate László Krasznahorkai are seen arriving at the King's Dinner for the Nobel Laureates at Stockholm Palace, Sweden, December 11, 2025.Photo: Jonas Ekströmer / TT / Code 10030 undefined

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NOBEL 2025 BANQUET

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251210The honorary table with Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine Mary E. Brunkow, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry Omar M. Yaghi, Crown Princess Victoria, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry Susumu Kitagawa and Noriko Sakaguchi during the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, December 10, 2025.Photo: Christine Olsson / TT / Code 10430

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NOBEL 2025 BANQUET

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN 20251210The honorary table with Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology or Medicine Mary E. Brunkow, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry Omar M. Yaghi, Crown Princess Victoria, Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry Susumu Kitagawa and Noriko Sakaguchi during the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm, Sweden, December 10, 2025.Photo: Christine Olsson / TT / Code 10430

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‘Zootopia 2’ World Premiere

Noriko Eguchi arriving to “Zootopia 2” world premiere held at the El Capitan Theatre on November 13, 2025 in Hollywood, Ca. Photo by Starbuck/AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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‘Zootopia 2’ World Premiere

Noriko Eguchi arriving to “Zootopia 2” world premiere held at the El Capitan Theatre on November 13, 2025 in Hollywood, Ca. Photo by Starbuck/AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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‘Zootopia 2’ World Premiere

Noriko Eguchi arriving to “Zootopia 2” world premiere held at the El Capitan Theatre on November 13, 2025 in Hollywood, Ca. Photo by Starbuck/AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, alongside his wife, Noriko, attends a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2025, a day after being named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with two American scientists, for "groundbreaking" discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check.

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Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, alongside his wife, Noriko, pose for photos in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2025, a day after being named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with two American scientists, for "groundbreaking" discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check.

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Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, alongside his wife, Noriko, attends a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2025, a day after being named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with two American scientists, for "groundbreaking" discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check.

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Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, alongside his wife, Noriko, attends a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2025, a day after being named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with two American scientists, for "groundbreaking" discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check.

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Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, alongside his wife, Noriko, pose for photos in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2025, a day after being named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with two American scientists, for "groundbreaking" discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check.

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Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, alongside his wife, Noriko, attends a press conference in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2025, a day after being named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along with two American scientists, for "groundbreaking" discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check.

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Nobel Prize in medicine winner Sakaguchi

Shimon Sakaguchi, a distinguished professor at Osaka University, poses alongside his wife Noriko for photos in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Oct. 7, 2025, after being named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with two American scientists the previous night for their "groundbreaking" discoveries on how the immune system is kept in check.

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Tokyo Drama Award 2021

TOKYO, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Photo taken during a ceremony for the Tokyo Drama Award shows Noriko Eguchi posing at a hotel in Tokyo on Oct. 27, 2021, after receiving the award for best performance by an actress in a supporting role for "Story of My Family."(Kyodo)

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Interview with career female bureaucrat

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Kawamura, deputy chief of the Equal Employment Policy Division at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, speaks during an interview in Tokyo, Japan, on June 11, 2014.

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Filipino couple depart Japan leaving 13-yr-old daughter behind

NARITA, Japan - Sarah Calderon (R) says goodbye to her 13-year-old daughter Noriko at Narita airport east of Tokyo on April 13. Sarah and her husband Arlan Calderon, both undocumented, left Japan the same day for their native Philippines leaving Noriko in the care of a relative in a case that has drawn renewed attention to Japan's often controversial immigration policies.

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Filipino couple depart Japan leaving 13-yr-old daughter behind

NARITA, Japan - (From R) Sarah Calderon, her daughter Noriko and Noriko's father Arlan Calderon answer questions from a throng of reporters at Narita airport east of Tokyo on April 13. The undocumented couple left Japan the same day for their native Philippines leaving Noriko behind in the care of a relative in a case that has drawn renewed attention to Japan's often controversial immigration policies.

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Filipino girl starts new school year before parents' departure

WARABI, Japan - Noriko Calderon (front), a 13-year-old Filipino girl, is seen off by his father Arlan and mother Sarah as she leaves her home in Warabi, Saitama Prefecture, on April 8 for a local junior high school. Arlan and Sarah Calderon, under a deportation order, are scheduled to leave Japan on April 13.

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Memorial pole built beside marriage celebrating tree

MATSUE, Japan - Kunimaro Senge (2nd from L), the eldest son of the chief priest of the Izumo-taisha grand shrine in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, poses for a photo along with his parents (R) in Izumo on Dec. 16, 2014, after setting up a memorial pole on the side of a camellia tree planted in September to commemorate Senge's marriage with Princess Noriko -- now Noriko Senge -- the second daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado.

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Memorial pole built beside marriage celebrating tree

MATSUE, Japan - Kunimaro Senge (C), the eldest son of the chief priest of the Izumo-taisha grand shrine in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, builds on Dec. 16, 2014, a memorial pole on the side of a camellia tree planted in September in a forest park in Izumo to commemorate his marriage with Princess Noriko -- now Noriko Senge -- the second daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado.

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Golden silk folding screens dedicated to Izumo Taisha

MATSUE, Japan - Golden folding screens made of silk dedicated to Izumo Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Izumo, by a homebuilder in Gunma Prefecture is seen on Nov. 11, 2014, in the city in Shimane Prefecture. The screens were dedicated to celebrate last month's wedding of Kunimaro Senge, a son of the chief priest, and Princess Noriko -- now Noriko Senge -- a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado.

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Princess Noriko, husband Senge host wedding party

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (extreme R), a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and her husband Kunimaro Senge (2nd from R), the eldest son of the chief priest of the Izumo Taisha Shinto shrine in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, listen to a speech during their wedding party at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 8, 2014. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is seen at the center. (Pool photo)

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Princess Noriko, husband Senge listen to crown prince

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko, a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of the Izumo Taisha Shinto shrine in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, listen to Crown Prince Naruhito's speech during their wedding party at a Tokyo hotel on Oct. 8, 2014. (Pool photo)

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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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Store owner shows cake marking princess's wedding

IZUMO, Japan - Confectionery store operator Etsuo Sakane shows a box of red and white "manju" steamed bean-jam buns in Izumo, western Japan, on Oct. 5, 2014, produced to celebrate the wedding of Princess Noriko, daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, son of the chief priest of the Izumo Taisha Shinto shrine.

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Newly wed Princess Noriko, Senge to live in 'Kokuso-kan'

IZUMO, Japan - The traditional shrine house of "Senge Kokuso-kan" in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, seen in this file photo taken on Oct. 5, 2014, is the home for the newly married couple of Princess Noriko, a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, the first son of the chief priest of Izumo Taisha Shinto shrine.

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Princess Noriko marries son of Izumo-taisha chief priest

IZUMO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, exchanges words with Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha grand shrine, after their wedding ceremony at the shrine's "haiden" hall of worship in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2014.

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Princess Noriko marries son of Izumo-taisha chief priest

IZUMO, Japan - Princess Noriko (C), a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge (R), the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha grand shrine, head for their wedding ceremony at the shrine's "haiden" hall of worship in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2014.

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Princess Noriko marries son of Izumo-taisha chief priest

IZUMO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha grand shrine, speak to reporters after their wedding ceremony at the shrine's "haiden" hall of worship in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2014.

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Princess Noriko marries son of Izumo-taisha chief priest

IZUMO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, waves as she heads for Izumo-taisha grand shrine by car in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2014, for her wedding ceremony with Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of the shrine.

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Princess Noriko marries son of Izumo-taisha chief priest

IZUMO, Japan - Princess Noriko (front R), a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha grand shrine, walk toward the shrine's "haiden" hall of worship in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2014, for their wedding ceremony.

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Princess Noriko marries son of Izumo-taisha chief priest

IZUMO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha grand shrine, walk toward the shrine's "haiden" hall of worship in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on Oct. 5, 2014, for their wedding ceremony.

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Princess Noriko arrives in Izumo for wedding ceremony

IZUMO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R) and her mother Princess Hisako, widow of Prince Takamado, arrive at the Izumo airport, western Japan, on Oct. 4, 2014. The wedding ceremony of Princess Noriko and Kunimaro Senge will take place the next day at Izumo-taisha, a grand shrine where the Senge family has been in charge of rituals for generations.

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Princess Noriko shows gratitude to emperor, empress

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko is seated in Seiden-Matsu-no-Ma (State Room) of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo after expressing her gratitude to the emperor and empress in a ceremony on Oct. 2, 2014, ahead of her marriage on Oct. 5 to Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha grand shrine in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. The princess is a daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado. (Pool photo)

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Princess Noriko bids farewell to emperor, empress

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko, daughter of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, bows after receiving words from Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko during a ceremony on Oct. 2, 2014, at Seiden-Matsu-no-Ma (State Room) of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo before her Oct. 5 marriage to Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo Taisha, a Shinto shrine in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japanese abductee kin call for help at U.N. meet

GENEVA, Switzerland - Teruaki Masumoto (L), secretary general of a group of families of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korea, calls for international cooperation to prevent such crimes during a symposium at the U.N.'s European headquarters in Geneva on Sept, 10, 2014. Tamaji Takeshita, a sister of suspected abductee Noriko Furukawa, holds a picture of Masumoto's abducted sister Rumiko.

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Prince Takamado's wife, daughter visit Ise Grand Shrine

ISE, Japan - Princess Hisako (L), wife of Emperor Akihito's late cousin Prince Takamado, and their second daughter Princess Noriko visit the Outer Shrine at Ise Grad Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 3, 2014. Princess Noriko is due to marry senior priest Takamaro Senge of another shrine on Oct. 5.

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Princess Noriko's wedding set for Oct. 5

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows Princess Noriko (R) and Kunimaro Senge, whose wedding will take place on Oct. 5 at Izumo-taisha, a grand shrine in western Japan where the Senge family has been in charge of rituals. Princess Noriko is a daughter of Emperor Akihoto's late cousin Prince Takamado.

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Princess Hisako explains sweet boxes at photo exhibit

MATSUE, Japan - Princess Hisako of Japan (L) gives her account for sweet boxes given to guests on special occasion at an exhibition of her bird photos that opens in Izumo, Shimane Prefecture, on Aug. 17, 2014. Her daughter Princess Noriko is engaged to Kunimaro Senge, a senior priest of Izumo-taisha, Japan's major shrine in the western Japanese city.

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More women interested in freezing eggs for future pregnancy

TOKYO, Japan - Noriko Kagawa, head of Repro Self Bank, explains about the decline in egg quality at a seminar held by the private operator of an egg-freezing business, in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on July 15, 2014.

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Kyoto most popular city in Travel and Leisure poll

NEW YORK, United States - Noriko Kasuya (C), senior director for tourism in the Kyoto municipal government, meets the press in New York on July 24, 2014. She visited the U.S. city for an award ceremony as the ancient Japanese capital was named the most popular city in a poll by Travel and Leisure magazine based in the city.

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo)

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo)

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Visitors at Izumo-taisha in Shimane Pref.

MATSUE, Japan - People visit Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture on May 27, 2014. The Imperial Household Agency announced the same day Princess Noriko, second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, has become engaged to Kunimaro Senge, chief priest's eldest son of the shrine.

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Extra in Izumo on Princess Noriko's engagement

MATSUE, Japan - A souvenir shop staffer posts an extra edition of newspaper reporting the engagement between Princess Noriko, second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, and Kunimaro Senge, the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Izuomo, Shimane Prefecture, on May 27, 2014. The engagement will become formal after the traditional rite "Nosai no gi."

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Princess Noriko engaged to Izumo shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, is engaged to marry Kunimaro Senge (L), the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, the Imperial Household Agency said May 27, 2014.

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko, the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Kunimaro Senge, the 40-year-old eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, holds a press conference with his fiancee, Princess Noriko, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Princess Noriko is the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, and Senge is a priest at the Izumo grand shrine. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Princess Noriko engaged to shrine priest

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Noriko (R), the 25-year-old second daughter of the late Prince Takamado and Princess Hisako, holds a press conference with her fiance, Kunimaro Senge, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on May 27, 2014, after the agency announced their engagement earlier that day. Senge, 40, is the eldest son of the chief priest of Izumo-taisha, or Izumo grand shrine, in Shimane Prefecture, and is himself a priest at the shrine. (Pool photo)