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Emperor, empress attend dinner at crown prince's residence

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the Togu Palace, the residence of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2009, to attend a dinner party to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the emperor's enthronement and the 50th wedding anniversary of the emperor and empress. A total of 46 current and former members of the imperial family attended the party hosted by the crown prince and crown princess.

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Crown Prince Naruhito heads to Tonga for king's coronation

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito is seen off by Crown Princess Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko at their residence in Togu Palace in Tokyo on July 30 before he heads to Tonga to attend the coronation of King George Tupou V. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Masako walks Princess Aiko to school

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako walks her daughter Princess Aiko from their residence in Tokyo to Princess Aiko's Gakushuin school as academic classes start on April 21. The princess was enrolled in the first year of the primary-school section at Gakushuin, which is about 500 meters from the Togu palace. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Masako walks Princess Aiko to school

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako walks her daughter Princess Aiko from their residence in Tokyo to Princess Aiko's Gakushuin school as academic classes start on April 21. The princess was enrolled in the first year of the primary-school section at Gakushuin, which is about 500 meters from the Togu palace. (Pool photo)

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Ceremony held for Princess Aiko for good health, well-being

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, dressed in traditional attire, poses for a photo with her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, after her ''Chakko-no-Gi'' ceremony at the Togu Palace in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 11. Princess Aiko, now four years old, visited Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, wearing a ''mo,'' a kind of long skirt her grandfather gave her at the time of her birth. (Pool photo)

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Ceremony held for Princess Aiko for good health, well-being

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, dressed in traditional attire, poses for a photo between her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, after her ''Chakko-no-Gi'' ceremony at the Togu Palace in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 11. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince shows willingness to address water-related issues

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito speaks at a press conference at the Togu Palace in Tokyo on March 10 prior to his visit to Mexico beginning on March 15 to attend a world water forum in Mexico City. He showed willingness to be actively engaged in addressing water-related issues of the world. The prince will make a keynote speech on ''Edo and Water Transportation,'' in which he will explain the role of water transportation as well as water supply for the development of Edo, which is now Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Naruhito meets Belgium's crown prince

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) welcomes Belgian Crown Prince Philippe at his Togu Palace in Tokyo on June 17. (Pool photo)

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(2)Danish Crown Prince Frederik meets Japanese imperial family

TOKYO, Japan - Danish Crown Prince Frederik (R) and his wife Princess Mary meet Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito at the Togu Palace in Tokyo on April 18. (Pool photo)

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Swedish crown princess visits crown price

TOKYO, Japan - Swedish Crown Princess Victoria is greeted by Crown Prince Naruhito on arrival at the Togu Palace in Tokyo's Motoakasaka for a royal banquet on April 7. (Pool photo)

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Emperor's family celebrates crown prince's birthday

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Emperor Akihito, Princess Sayako and Empress Michiko enter Togu Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 23 to dine with Crown Prince Naruhito, who celebrated his 45th birthday.

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(2)Crown Prince Naruhito leaves on European tour

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito leaves the Togu Palace, his residence, in Tokyo's Moto-Akasaka May 12 for a 12-day European tour to attend royal weddings in Denmark and Spain and to pay a goodwill visit to Portugal. (Pool photo)

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(1)Crown Prince Naruhito leaves on European tour

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito poses for photos at the Togu Palace, his residence, in Tokyo's Moto-Akasaka May 12 as he leaves on a 12-day European tour to attend royal weddings in Denmark and Spain and to pay a goodwill visit to Portugal. (Pool photo)

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(2)Princess Aiko turns 1

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, who turned 1 year old on Dec. 1, is held by her father Crown Prince Naruhito as Princess Masako watches at the Togu Palace in Motoakasaka, Tokyo. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess meet the media

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako look to each other during a news conference they gave at the Togu Palace in Motoakasaka, Tokyo, on April 2 to express thanks for the people's response to the birth of their first child, Princess Aiko, on Dec. 1, 2001. They said they call their daughter ''Ai-chan'' and enjoy the sense of homeliness that being parents brings. (Pool photo)

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Crown Princess Masako meets emperor, empress

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako, who gave birth to Princess Aiko on Dec. 1, leaves Togu Palace in Tokyo's Motoakasaka district on Dec. 30 for the Imperial Palace to meet Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. It was the first time for the new mother to leave her home since she was discharged from the Imperial Household Hospital on Dec. 8.

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Imperials hold rite for safe birth by crown princess

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 16 shows Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako standing at the entrance to the Togu Palace in Tokyo to greet Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria. The imperial family held an ''obi wearing'' ceremony at the palace Oct. 26 to pray for the safe delivery of the baby Crown Princess Masako is expecting in late November or early December.(Pool photo)

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Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria visits Crown Prince Naruhito

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and his wife, Princess Masako (R), welcome Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria (C) at their Togu Palace in Tokyo on Oct. 16. The Swedish princess arrived in Japan on Oct. 13 on an 11-day visit. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess visits hospital for pregnancy checkup

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Masako (R), accompanied by Crown Prince Naruhito, on June 21 leaves the Togu Palace in Tokyo to visit the Hospital of the Imperial Household for her first checkup there since her pregnancy was announced in May. The princess, 37, is about four months pregnant and said to be in good condition. (Pool photo)

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(2)11 members of Nepal's royal family die in shoot-out

TOKYO, Japan - Nepalese Crown Prince Dipendra is seen in a file photo taken in April standing with Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito at Crown Prince Naruhito's residence of Togu Palace in Tokyo. Crown Prince Dipendra shot himself on June 1 after shooting eleven members of the Nepalese royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, in a shoot-out after a family dispute at the Narayanhity Royal Palace in Kathmandu.

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Crown prince leaves for Britain to attend Japan festival

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and his wife Princess Masako stand in the entrance of their Togu Palace in Tokyo on May 18 ahead of the prince's departure for Britain the same day to attend the opening ceremony of Japan 2001, a festival showcasing Japanese culture and lifestyles that runs through March 2002. The princess will remain in Japan because she is pregnant. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, princess lunch with emperor, empress

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Masako (R), whose long-awaited pregnancy was officially confirmed May 15, leaves the Togu Palace in Tokyo on May 17 along with Crown Prince Naruhito (L), to lunch with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko at the Imperial Palace. The lunch was held before the prince's upcoming official visit to Britain from May 18. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince turns 41, hopes to deepen ties with people

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito, who turned 41 on Feb. 23, expressed hope that the imperial family will expand its contact with the Japanese people in the future. ''While regarding highly the traditions of the imperial family...it is important for us to precisely ascertain what the people of Japan hope for and expect of the imperial family,'' he told a news conference at the Togu Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 15 ahead of his birthday.(Pool photo)

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Princess Masako expresses sorrow for miscarriage

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako held a news conference at the Togu Palace in Tokyo's Moto-Akasaka on Dec. 7 preceding her 37th birthday Dec. 9. She said she regretted the miscarriage she had late last year, in view of great public expectations.(Pool photo)

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(3)Princess Aiko to turn three years old

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko who will turn three years old on Dec. 1 poses on a tree with her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, in the garden of the Togu Palace in Tokyo in a photo taken on Nov. 17 and released by the Imperial Household Agency on Nov. 30. (Kyodo)

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(2)Princess Aiko to turn three years old

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, who will turn three years old on Dec. 1, poses with her mother Princess Masako in the garden of the Togu Palace in Tokyo in a photo taken on Nov. 17 and released by the Imperial Household Agency on Nov. 30. (Kyodo)

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(3)File photos of Princess Sayako

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako (L) makes origami with her mother Empress Michiko at Togu Palace in Tokyo in April 1973. (Kyodo)

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Emperor's family celebrates crown prince's birthday

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Emperor Akihito, Princess Sayako and Empress Michiko enter Togu Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 23 to dine with Crown Prince Naruhito, who celebrated his 45th birthday. (Kyodo)

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Swedish crown princess visits crown price

TOKYO, Japan - Swedish Crown Princess Victoria is greeted by Crown Prince Naruhito on arrival at the Togu Palace in Tokyo's Motoakasaka for a royal banquet on April 7. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Crown Prince Naruhito meets Belgium's crown prince

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (R) welcomes Belgian Crown Prince Philippe at his Togu Palace in Tokyo on June 17. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(2)Danish Crown Prince Frederik meets Japanese imperial family

TOKYO, Japan - Danish Crown Prince Frederik (R) and his wife Princess Mary meet Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito at the Togu Palace in Tokyo on April 18. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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(2)File photos of Princess Sayako

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, runs in the garden of Togu Palace, their residence, in Tokyo in April 1972 on her 3rd birthday. (Kyodo)

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(1)Princess Aiko to turn three years old

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, who will turn three years old on Dec. 1, poses in the garden of the Togu Palace in Tokyo in a photo taken on Nov. 17 and released by the Imperial Household Agency on Nov. 30. (Kyodo)

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(4)Princess Aiko to turn three years old

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko who will turn three years old on Dec. 1 poses with her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, in the garden of the Togu Palace in Tokyo in a photo taken on Nov. 17 and released by the Imperial Household Agency on Nov. 30. (Kyodo)

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(2)Princess Aiko turns 1

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, who turned 1 year old on Dec. 1, is held by her father Crown Prince Naruhito as Princess Masako watches at the Togu Palace in Motoakasaka, Tokyo. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Japan - The Crown Prince (later Emperor) Taisho

Japan - The Crown Prince (later Emperor) Taisho (1879-1926) - Crown Prince from 1888 and Emperor from 1912. Date: circa 1908

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Crown Prince Naruhito heads to Tonga for king's coronation

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito is seen off by Crown Princess Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko at their residence in Togu Palace in Tokyo on July 30 before he heads to Tonga to attend the coronation of King George Tupou V. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Crown Prince Naruhito returns home from Spain

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito is greeted by Crown Princess Masako at their residence in Togu palace in Tokyo on July 23 on his return from a weeklong visit to Spain to attend an international water exposition in Zaragoza. The crown prince is honorary president of the U.N. secretary general's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Crown prince returns home from Brazil

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince is greeted by his wife Crown Princess Masako and their daughter Aiko at his Togu Palace in Tokyo on June 27, after returning home from a 12-day official visit to Brazil to attend a spate of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Japanese emigration to the South American country. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Crown Princess Masako walks Princess Aiko to school

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako walks her daughter Princess Aiko from their residence in Tokyo to Princess Aiko's Gakushuin school as academic classes start on April 21. The princess was enrolled in the first year of the primary-school section at Gakushuin, which is about 500 meters from the Togu palace. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Crown Princess Masako walks Princess Aiko to school

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Princess Masako walks her daughter Princess Aiko from their residence in Tokyo to Princess Aiko's Gakushuin school as academic classes start on April 21. The princess was enrolled in the first year of the primary-school section at Gakushuin, which is about 500 meters from the Togu palace. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Crown prince shows willingness to address water-related issues

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito speaks at a press conference at the Togu Palace in Tokyo on March 10 prior to his visit to Mexico beginning on March 15 to attend a world water forum in Mexico City. He showed willingness to be actively engaged in addressing water-related issues of the world. The prince will make a keynote speech on ''Edo and Water Transportation,'' in which he will explain the role of water transportation as well as water supply for the development of Edo, which is now Tokyo. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Crown prince turns 46, happy about imperial pregnancy

TOKYO, Japan - Crown Prince Naruhito answers media questions at a press conference at the Togu Palace in Tokyo on Feb. 21, prior to his 46th birthday on Feb. 23. He expressed his hope that all goes well for Princess Kiko, his younger brother's wife, who is expecting her third child in autumn. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress attend dinner at crown prince's residence

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at the Togu Palace, the residence of Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2009, to attend a dinner party to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the emperor's enthronement and the 50th wedding anniversary of the emperor and empress. A total of 46 current and former members of the imperial family attended the party hosted by the crown prince and crown princess. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony held for Princess Aiko for good health, well-being

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, dressed in traditional attire, poses for a photo between her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, after her ''Chakko-no-Gi'' ceremony at the Togu Palace in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 11. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Ceremony held for Princess Aiko for good health, well-being

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko smiles as she is helped to put on traditional attire for her ''Chakko-no-Gi'' ceremony at the Togu Palace in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 11. The photo was released by the Imperial Household Agency. (Kyodo)

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Ceremony held for Princess Aiko for good health, well-being

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Aiko, dressed in traditional attire, poses for a photo with her parents, Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako, after her ''Chakko-no-Gi'' ceremony at the Togu Palace in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Nov. 11. Princess Aiko, now four years old, visited Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, wearing a ''mo,'' a kind of long skirt her grandfather gave her at the time of her birth. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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The garden of Ginkakuji Temple

View of the main hall of Jionji Temple (left) and Togu-do (right) from the edge of Kinkyo Pond, from south of the Silver Pavilion facing east north-east. The truncated-cone shaped Kogetsudai, a sand form, in the middle and Ginshadan, on the right, are visible on the far side of Kinkyo Pond. Bunkai Bridge and Geisen Bridge are on the right and left, respectively. Both the main hall and Togu-do were constructed by order of Ashikaga Yoshimasa in 1486, and they were restored in 1615 and 1640.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:R. Stillfried, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number63‐11‐0]

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Japan Crown Prince Naruhito in childhood

Photo taken in 1969 shows Prince Hiro (far R), now Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito, pushing a stroller carrying his baby sister Princess Nori and little brother Prince Aya at the Togu Palace in Tokyo as Crown Prince Akihito, the current emperor, and Crown Princess Michiko, the current empress, walk with them. Crown Prince Naruhito is set to become Japan's emperor on May 1, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(2)11 members of Nepal's royal family die in shoot-out

TOKYO, Japan - Nepalese Crown Prince Dipendra is seen in a file photo taken in April standing with Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito at Crown Prince Naruhito's residence of Togu Palace in Tokyo. Crown Prince Dipendra shot himself on June 1 after shooting eleven members of the Nepalese royal family, including King Birendra and Queen Aishwarya, in a shoot-out after a family dispute at the Narayanhity Royal Palace in Kathmandu.