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Emperor attends infectious disease association ceremony

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo on May 22, 2026, to attend a ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, crown princess at exhibition

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit a special exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of the amity between Japan and Belgium at Kokugakuin University Museum in Tokyo on May 21, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, crown princess at exhibition

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and Crown Princess Kiko visit a special exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of the amity between Japan and Belgium at Kokugakuin University Museum in Tokyo on May 21, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, crown princess at exhibition

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit a special exhibition marking the 160th anniversary of the signing of the amity between Japan and Belgium at Kokugakuin University Museum in Tokyo on May 21, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with U.N. chief Guterres

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres shake hands at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with U.N. chief Guterres

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres pose for a photo at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with U.N. chief Guterres

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres shake hands at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor meets with U.N. chief Guterres

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) meets with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping (far L) holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd from R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping (far L) holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd from R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin (front, R) attends a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping (front, L) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of their summit meeting on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) attends a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of their summit meeting on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin (front, L) attends a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping (front, R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of their summit meeting on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin (front, L) attends a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping (front, R) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of their summit meeting on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) attends a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of their summit meeting on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) attends a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of their summit meeting on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) attends a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of their summit meeting on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) attends a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ahead of their summit meeting on May 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

People's Liberation Army honor guards hold Chinese and Russian flags ahead of a welcoming ceremony for Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20, 2026, to be followed by a summit between him and Chinese President Xi Jinping. (Pool photo)

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China-Russia summit

A Russian flag is hoisted at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 20, 2026, ahead of a summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and former Empress Michiko (C) chat with people while taking a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko take a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and former Empress Michiko take a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (C) and former Empress Michiko take a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko take a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito to stay at villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (front, 2nd from R) and former Empress Michiko (front, R) chat with people while taking a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito stays at imperial villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from L) and former Empress Michiko (3rd from L) chat with people while taking a walk around an imperial villa in Hayama in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Emperor Akihito to stay at villa in Hayama

Former Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the Imperial Villa in Hayama, south of Tokyo, on May 19, 2026. The couple will stay at the villa through May 26. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at event for zoos and aquariums group

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during a general meeting of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums in Ichihara near Tokyo on May 18, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at event for zoos and aquariums group

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during a general meeting of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums in Ichihara near Tokyo on May 18, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at event for zoos and aquariums group

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during a general meeting of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums in Ichihara near Tokyo on May 18, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan crown prince at event for zoos and aquariums group

Japanese Crown Prince Fumihito speaks during a general meeting of the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums in Ichihara near Tokyo on May 18, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress at zoo

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako see Peace the polar bear, who was reared by bottle feeding, at Tobe Zoological Park in Tobe, Ehime Prefecture, on May 17, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress leave Ehime

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are greeted by Ehime Gov. Tokihiro Nakamura before their departure from Matsuyama Airport in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 17, 2026, following their two-day trip to the western Japan prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress at tree-planting ceremony

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plant saplings at a national tree-planting ceremony in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 17, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress at tree-planting ceremony

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plant saplings at a national tree-planting ceremony in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 17, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress at tree-planting ceremony

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, alongside Empress Masako, addresses a national tree-planting ceremony in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 17, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress at tree-planting ceremony

Japan's Emperor Naruhito, alongside Empress Masako, addresses a national tree-planting ceremony in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 17, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress at tree-planting ceremony

Japan's Emperor Naruhito plants a sapling at a national tree-planting ceremony in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 17, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress at tree-planting ceremony

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave at a national tree-planting ceremony in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 17, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress at tree-planting ceremony

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attend a national tree-planting ceremony in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 17, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Ehime

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at their accommodation in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 16, 2026, during a two-day trip to the western Japan prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Ehime

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at their accommodation in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 16, 2026, during a two-day trip to the western Japan prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Ehime

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive at their accommodation in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on May 16, 2026, during a two-day trip to the western Japan prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Ehime

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako talk with people affected by deadly torrential rain in 2018 in Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, on May 16, 2026, during a two-day trip to the western Japan prefecture. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Ehime

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit the Nagahama health center in Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, on May 16, 2026. The imperial couple was visiting the western Japan prefecture on a two-day trip and was scheduled to attend a national tree-planting ceremony the following day. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit Ehime

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako receive an explanation about reconstruction efforts following deadly torrential rain in 2018 in Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, on May 16, 2026, during a two-day trip to the western Japan prefecture. (Pool photo)