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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japan's Princess Aiko arrives at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on June 22, 2026, for a special concert by the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra commemorating its 70th anniversary. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japan's Princess Aiko arrives at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on June 22, 2026, for a special concert by the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra commemorating its 70th anniversary. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japan's Princess Aiko arrives at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on June 22, 2026, for a special concert by the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra commemorating its 70th anniversary. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japan's Princess Aiko arrives at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on June 22, 2026, for a special concert by the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra commemorating its 70th anniversary. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japan's Princess Aiko arrives at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on June 22, 2026, for a special concert by the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra commemorating its 70th anniversary. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Princess Aiko

Japan's Princess Aiko arrives at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on June 22, 2026, for a special concert by the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra commemorating its 70th anniversary. (Pool photo)

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Conductor Albrecht dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in December 2001 shows German conductor Gerd Albrecht. Albrecht died Feb. 2, 2014, in Berlin from an illness at the age of 78. He led the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra as principal conductor from 1998 to 2007 after serving as music director of Germany's Hamburg State Opera and chief conductor of the Czech Philharmonic.

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Concert in N.Y. on eve of quake anniversary

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken March 10, 2014, shows a joint concert by Japanese university students and U.S. music school students held in New York to commemorate the third anniversary of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan. Five university students from Fukushima Prefecture, hit hard by the 2011 calamity, joined students of a public music school for children, along with members of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Vienna Philharmonic flutist

TOKYO, Japan - A Nov. 3, 2012, photo shows Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra solo flutist Dieter Flury during an interview in Sendai, northeastern Japan.

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'A Song for Japan' video clips

TOKYO, Japan - Image shows video clips of musicians around the world playing the tune ''A Song for Japan'' that have been uploaded on the Internet in support of people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The song was written by Belgian trombonist Steven Verhelst, and the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra is scheduled to play an orchestral adaptation of the music at a concert on March 31, 2012, in Sendai, a city hit by the disaster.

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Japanese maestro Ono

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese maestro Kazushi Ono. A representative said on Jan. 18, 2012, he will become principal guest conductor at the Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra of Italy from September 2012.

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Ozawa becomes honorary member of Vienna Philharmonic

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa (L) receives a certificate for an honorary membership of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra from Clemens Hellsberg, chairman of the orchestra, in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2010. Ozawa is the first Japanese to receive the honor.

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Ozawa becomes honorary member of Vienna Philharmonic

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks after receiving a certificate for an honorary membership of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2010. Ozawa is the first Japanese to receive the honor.

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Crown prince enjoys Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito attends a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Tokyo on Nov. 8. (Pool photo)

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Robot conducts orchestra in performance of Beethoven's Fifth

TOKYO, Japan - QRIO, a humanoid robot developed by Sony Corp., conducts Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on at a public rehearsal by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo's Shinjuku on March 9. Programmed with the symphony's tempo and other data, the robot waved its baton to direct the orchestra, exaggerating its gestures during the famous introduction. Sony said it believes it is the first time that a humanoid robot has conducted a live orchestra performance.

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Kobayashi to become musical director of Japan Philharmonic

TOKYO, Japan - Kenichiro Kobayashi, the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra's chief conductor, will assume the post of the group's musical director in March 2004.

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Sony's Ohga has stroke, collapses in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Sony Corp. Chairman Norio Ohga (in file photo) collapsed apparently from a minor stroke while conducting the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at a music festival in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2001. Xinhua news agency said said Ohga, 71, was sent to the China-Japan Friendship Hospital for treatment and was diagnosed as suffering from abrupt cerebral hemorrhage.

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Sony's Ohga has stroke, collapses in Beijing

BEIJING, China - Sony Corp. Chairman Norio Ohga (in file photo) collapsed apparently from a minor stroke while conducting the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at a music festival in Beijing on Nov. 7, 2001. Xinhua news agency said said Ohga, 71, was sent to the China-Japan Friendship Hospital for treatment and was diagnosed as suffering from abrupt cerebral hemorrhage.

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Crown Prince Naruhito at concert

Crown Prince Naruhito attends a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at Suntory Hall in Tokyo on Nov. 20, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crown prince enjoys Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performance

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito attends a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Tokyo on Nov. 8. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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'A Song for Japan' video clips

TOKYO, Japan - Image shows video clips of musicians around the world playing the tune ''A Song for Japan'' that have been uploaded on the Internet in support of people affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The song was written by Belgian trombonist Steven Verhelst, and the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra is scheduled to play an orchestral adaptation of the music at a concert on March 31, 2012, in Sendai, a city hit by the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Japanese maestro Ono

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese maestro Kazushi Ono. A representative said on Jan. 18, 2012, he will become principal guest conductor at the Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra of Italy from September 2012. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa becomes honorary member of Vienna Philharmonic

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa (L) receives a certificate for an honorary membership of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra from Clemens Hellsberg, chairman of the orchestra, in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2010. Ozawa is the first Japanese to receive the honor. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa becomes honorary member of Vienna Philharmonic

TOKYO, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks after receiving a certificate for an honorary membership of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo on Nov. 2, 2010. Ozawa is the first Japanese to receive the honor. (Kyodo)

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Crown Prince Naruhito at concert

Crown Prince Naruhito is pictured upon his arrival at Suntory Hall in Tokyo to attend a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra on Nov. 20, 2018. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor, empress

Japanese Emperor Akihito (center L) and Empress Michiko receive an ovation upon arriving for a concert of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra on Jan. 15, 2018, in Tokyo. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese emperor, empress

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko arrive at a concert of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra on Jan. 15, 2018, in Tokyo. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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X Japan's Yoshiki to hold concert at Carnegie Hall

J-rocker Yoshiki, co-founder of the heavy metal band X Japan, speaks during a Japanese tourism seminar hosted by the Japan National Tourism Organization in New York on Sept. 19, 2016. He announced that he will hold a classical music concert with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra at Carnegie Hall on Jan. 12 and 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bologna Opera House's next key guest conductor meets press in Tokyo

Japanese orchestral conductor Hirofumi Yoshida, currently residing in Italy, meets the press in Tokyo on July 31, 2015, before assuming the post of principal guest conductor for the Bologna Opera House in January 2016. He is currently artistic director of the Bologna Opera House Philharmonic Orchestra comprising the Italian theater's core musicians. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Robot conducts orchestra in performance of Beethoven's Fifth

TOKYO, Japan - QRIO, a humanoid robot developed by Sony Corp., conducts Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on at a public rehearsal by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra in Tokyo's Shinjuku on March 9. Programmed with the symphony's tempo and other data, the robot waved its baton to direct the orchestra, exaggerating its gestures during the famous introduction. Sony said it believes it is the first time that a humanoid robot has conducted a live orchestra performance. (Kyodo)