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Japan imperial couple meet Tongan crown prince, crown princess

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako greet Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala, Tonga's Crown Prince and minister for defense and foreign affairs, and Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tuku'aho at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 16, 2025. The Tongan royal couple is visiting Japan to attend the South Pacific island country's "national day" event at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.

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Japan imperial couple meet Tongan crown prince, crown princess

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) and Empress Masako greet Tupouto'a 'Ulukalala, Tonga's Crown Prince and minister for defense and foreign affairs, and Crown Princess Sinaitakala Tuku'aho at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on April 16, 2025. The Tongan royal couple is visiting Japan to attend the South Pacific island country's "national day" event at the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.

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TONGA-NUKU'ALOFA-HOLIDAY PARADE

(230704) -- NUKU'ALOFA, July 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers participate in a military parade in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on July 4, 2023. Tongan King Tupou VI's official birthday, observed on July 4 each year, is a public holiday in the country. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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TONGA-NUKU'ALOFA-HOLIDAY PARADE

(230704) -- NUKU'ALOFA, July 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People participate in a float parade in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on July 4, 2023. Tongan King Tupou VI's official birthday, observed on July 4 each year, is a public holiday in the country. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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TONGA-NUKU'ALOFA-HOLIDAY PARADE

(230704) -- NUKU'ALOFA, July 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers participate in a military parade in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on July 4, 2023. Tongan King Tupou VI's official birthday, observed on July 4 each year, is a public holiday in the country. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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TONGA-NUKU'ALOFA-HOLIDAY PARADE

(230704) -- NUKU'ALOFA, July 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children wave while watching a float parade in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on July 4, 2023. Tongan King Tupou VI's official birthday, observed on July 4 each year, is a public holiday in the country. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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TONGA-NUKU'ALOFA-HOLIDAY PARADE

(230704) -- NUKU'ALOFA, July 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People watch a float parade in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on July 4, 2023. Tongan King Tupou VI's official birthday, observed on July 4 each year, is a public holiday in the country. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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TONGA-NUKU'ALOFA-HOLIDAY PARADE

(230704) -- NUKU'ALOFA, July 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A girl gestures while watching a float parade in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on July 4, 2023. Tongan King Tupou VI's official birthday, observed on July 4 each year, is a public holiday in the country. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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TONGA-NUKU'ALOFA-HOLIDAY PARADE

(230704) -- NUKU'ALOFA, July 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers participate in a military parade in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on July 4, 2023. Tongan King Tupou VI's official birthday, observed on July 4 each year, is a public holiday in the country. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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TONGA-NUKU'ALOFA-HOLIDAY PARADE

(230704) -- NUKU'ALOFA, July 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People watch a float parade in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, on July 4, 2023. Tongan King Tupou VI's official birthday, observed on July 4 each year, is a public holiday in the country. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)

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Tonga's 1st Winter Olympics player

SOCHI, Russia - Bruno Banani, the only Tongan player in the Sochi Games, competes in the men's luge singles run in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 9, 2014, in his country's Winter Olympic debut.

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Tongan prime minister in China

BEIJING, China - Tongan Prime Minister Lord Tuivakano (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang ahead of their talks in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 22, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Tongan Prime Minister Siale'ataonga Tu'ivakano (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands before their meeting in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. They met on the sidelines of a meeting of Japan and other Pacific island leaders.

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Tongan King Tupou V dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 2011 shows Tongan King George Tupou V. The king died at a hospital in Hong Kong on March 18, 2012, at the age of 63.

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Tongan king in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) meets Tonga's King George Tupou V at the prince's residence in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tongan king in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) meets Tonga's King George Tupou V at the prince's residence in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Toshiba winger Loamanu confirmed positive for marijuana

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Tanigawa, executive vice president of Toshiba Corp., speaks at a news conference in the city of Fuchu on Feb. 13 about the dismissal of Tongan-born Christian Loamanu from the company's rugby team Toshiba Brave Lupus after he tested positive for marijuana in a second doping specimen.

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IWC participant from Tonga stages antiwhaling campaign

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - A participant from Tonga stages an antiwhaling demonstration in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on May 19 beside a traditional Tongan tent prior to the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) annual meeting there May 20-24.

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI ZHANSHU-TONGAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER-TALKS (CN)

(220817) -- BEIJING, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, holds talks with Tonga's Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Lord Fakafanua via video link at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

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CHINA-BEIJING-LI ZHANSHU-TONGAN LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER-TALKS (CN)

(220817) -- BEIJING, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Li Zhanshu, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, holds talks with Tonga's Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Lord Fakafanua via video link at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

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TONGA-NUKU'ALOFA-CHINA-WANG YI-FM-TALKS

(220531) -- NUKU'ALOFA, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) holds talks with Tongan Foreign Minister Fekitamoeloa 'Utoikamanu, in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, May 31, 2022. (Xinhua)

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TONGA-NUKU'ALOFA-PM-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

(220531) -- NUKU'ALOFA, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni (R) meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Nuku'alofa, Tonga, May 31, 2022. (Xinhua)

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FIJI-SUVA-CHINA-PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES-FMS-MEETING

(220530) -- SUVA, May 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi co-hosts the second China-Pacific Island Countries Foreign Ministers' Meeting with Fijian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Voreqe Bainimarama in Suva, Fiji, May 30, 2022. The meeting was also attended by Kiribati President and Foreign Minister Taneti Maamau, Samoan Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, Niue's Premier and Foreign Minister Dalton Tagelagi, Papua New Guinea's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Soroi Eoe, Vanuatu's Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade Marc Ati, Micronesian Secretary of Foreign Affairs Kandhi A. Elieisar, Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele, and Tongan Foreign Minister Fekitamoeloa Utoikamanu, as well as Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Secretary-General Henry Puna online and offline. (Xinhua)

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Toshiba winger Loamanu confirmed positive for marijuana

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuo Tanigawa, executive vice president of Toshiba Corp., speaks at a news conference in the city of Fuchu on Feb. 13 about the dismissal of Tongan-born Christian Loamanu from the company's rugby team Toshiba Brave Lupus after he tested positive for marijuana in a second doping specimen. (Kyodo)

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Aiming for the World Cup - International Goodwill Rugby

On January 15, the Japan Rugby Championship was held at the National Stadium, and Kobe Steel achieved its seventh consecutive victory in the Japan Championship; on February 19, a test match between the Japanese national team and the Tongan national team at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium. <Caption> The Japan Rugby Championship between Kobe Steel and the University of Tokyo at the National Stadium on January 15, Kobe Steel wins the Japan Championship for the seventh consecutive year; the test match between the Japanese national team and the Tongan national team at the Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium on February 19, Japan's inability to break through the goal; Japan loses 24-16; scoreboard; shooting date: January 15, 1995 January 15, 1995, February 19, 1995.

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Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito in Tonga

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L, front) and Tongan Crown Prince Tupouto'a Ulukalala head to a palace in Tofoa near Nuku'alofa for a luncheon hosted by Tongan Princess Angelika on July 5, 2015. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's crown prince chats with Tongan Princess Angelika

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito is greeted by Tongan Princess Angelika at a luncheon hosted by the princess at a palace in Tofoa near the Tongan capital Nuku'alofa on July 5, 2015. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese crown prince attends official dinner in Tonga

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) in a tuxedo attends a dinner hosted by the Tongan government at the Mansfield naval base in Nuku'alofa in the Polynesian island kingdom on July 4, 2015. On the right are King Tupou VI and Queen Nanasipau'u. The crown prince visited the South Pacific island nation with his wife, Crown Princess Masako, to attend the coronation of the new king. (Pool Photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Crown prince, princess wrap up visit to Tonga

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (3rd from L) and Crown Princess Masako (2nd from L) walk with Tongan Crown Prince Tupouto'a Ulukalala (far L) at Fua'amotu International Airport in Tonga before their departure for Japan on July 6, 2015. The Japanese crown prince and his wife wrapped up their visit to the South Pacific kingdom to attend the coronation of King Tupou VI. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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School children learning abacus in Tonga

Photo taken in June 2015 shows elementary school students using abacus in the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa. Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako arrived in the South Pacific island nation on July 3 to attend the coronation of its new king. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Tongan sumo wrestler shows photos taken in Japan

Tevita Vaiola Falevai shows pictures taken during his stint in Japan as a professional sumo wrestler at his home in Tongatapu, the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, as seen in this photo taken on Sept. 27, 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Tongan sumo wrestler stands before home on main island

Former professional sumo wrestler Tevita Vaiola Falevai stands in front of his home on Tongatapu, the main island of the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, as seen in this photo taken on Sept. 27, 2014. The house carries a signboard inscribed with "kanji" Chinese characters on its front wall, which read "Asahiyama Beya," a stable he belonged to when he was in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Pacific islands summit

NAGO, Japan - Tongan Prime Minister Siale'ataonga Tu'ivakano (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda shake hands before their meeting in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, on May 26, 2012. They met on the sidelines of a meeting of Japan and other Pacific island leaders. (Kyodo)

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Tongan King Tupou V dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in January 2011 shows Tongan King George Tupou V. The king died at a hospital in Hong Kong on March 18, 2012, at the age of 63. (Kyodo)

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Tongan king in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) meets Tonga's King George Tupou V at the prince's residence in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Tongan king in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) meets Tonga's King George Tupou V at the prince's residence in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2011. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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Rugby World Cup in Japan

A woman with her face painted with the Tongan and Uruguayan national flags watches a rugby match in the city of Oita, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 3, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Japan training

Sweat drips from the face of Tongan-born Japan rugby player Amanaki Lelei Mafi during national team training in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on July 12, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Pacific Nations Cup

Rugby Japan players watch traditional Tongan dance by its national players before a Pacific Nations Cup match on Aug. 3, 2019, at Hanazono Rugby Stadium in Higashiosaka, Osaka Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Tongan skier Pita Taufatofua competes in the men's 15-kilometer freestyle cross-country event at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 16, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Tongan cross-country skier Pita Taufatofua (C) leads his country's delegation as the flag bearer during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics opening ceremony in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Tongan athlete Pita Taufatofua holding a national flag marches during the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in South Korea on Feb. 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Indiscipline costs Japan 3rd place at PNC

Kotaro Matsushima (13) of Japan is tackled by Tongan players in their bronze final of the Pacific Nations Cup at Swanguard Stadium in Burnaby, Canada, on Aug. 3, 2015. Tonga won 31-20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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IWC participant from Tonga stages antiwhaling campaign

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - A participant from Tonga stages an antiwhaling demonstration in Shimonoseki, western Japan, on May 19 beside a traditional Tongan tent prior to the International Whaling Commission's (IWC) annual meeting there May 20-24.