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(3)Princess Sayako to marry childhood friend after next summer

TOKYO, Japan - Grand Steward Toshio Yuasa of the Imperial Household announces at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo on Dec. 30 that Princess Sayako will marry Yoshiki Kuroda, a civil servant at the Tokyo metropolitan government, after next summer. (Pool photo)

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Cabinet approves new chief aide to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - The Cabinet on April 1 approved the appointment of Shingo Haketa (file photo), vice-grand steward, as head of the Imperial Household Agency, succeeding Toshio Yuasa.

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Princess Aiko's name inscribed in imperial family registry

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial Household Agency chief Toshio Yuasa signs the imperial family registry Dec. 10 in which Princess Aiko, the newborn daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, was registered. The princess's name, and the names of her father and mother and the time, date and place of her birth were registered at the agency's Archives and Mausolea Department, located in the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo.

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(6)Princess Sayako formally engaged to Kuroda in traditional rit

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako, accompanied by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, listens to Toshio Yuasa (R), grand steward of the imperial household, convey a proposal by Yoshiki Kuroda to marry her in a traditional rite of betrothal, known as ''Nosai no Gi,'' at the ''Ho-o no Ma'' (Phoenix Room) at Imperial Palace on March 19. The photo was released by the Imperial Household Agency. (Kyodo) (Kyodo)

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(2)Princess Sayako formally engaged to Kuroda in traditional rit

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako (R), accompanied by Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, listens to Grand Steward Toshio Yuasa of the Imperial Household convey a proposal by Yoshiki Kuroda to marry her in the ''Ho-o no ma'' (Phoenix Room) at the Imperial Palace on March 19. The photo was provided by the Imperial Household Agency. (Kyodo)

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(5)Princess Sayako formally engaged to Kuroda in traditional rit

TOKYO, Japan - Naoyuki Kuroda (L), cousin of Yoshiki Kuroda, presents a list of gifts and conveys Yoshiki's proposal to marry Princess Sayako to Toshio Yuasa (R), grand steward of the imperial household, in a traditional rite at the Imperial Palace on March 19. The photo was released by the Imperial Household Agency. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet approves new chief aide to emperor

TOKYO, Japan - The Cabinet on April 1 approved the appointment of Shingo Haketa (file photo), vice-grand steward, as head of the Imperial Household Agency, succeeding Toshio Yuasa. (Kyodo)

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(3)Princess Sayako to marry childhood friend after next summer

TOKYO, Japan - Grand Steward Toshio Yuasa of the Imperial Household announces at the Imperial Palace in central Tokyo on Dec. 30 that Princess Sayako will marry Yoshiki Kuroda, a civil servant at the Tokyo metropolitan government, after next summer. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Princess Aiko's name inscribed in imperial family registry

TOKYO, Japan - Imperial Household Agency chief Toshio Yuasa signs the imperial family registry Dec. 10 in which Princess Aiko, the newborn daughter of Crown Prince Naruhito and Princess Masako, was registered. The princess's name, and the names of her father and mother and the time, date and place of her birth were registered at the agency's Archives and Mausolea Department, located in the Imperial Palace grounds in Tokyo.