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Japan revises Imperial House Law

People visit a square facing the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 17, 2026. Japan enacted the revised Imperial House Law the same day, permitting the imperial family to adopt males aged 15 or older who are descended from emperors through the male line in 11 former branch families and allowing female members to retain their imperial status even after marrying commoners.

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Japan revises Imperial House Law

People visit a square facing the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 17, 2026. Japan enacted the revised Imperial House Law the same day, permitting the imperial family to adopt males aged 15 or older who are descended from emperors through the male line in 11 former branch families and allowing female members to retain their imperial status even after marrying commoners.

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Japan revises Imperial House Law

People visit a square facing the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on July 17, 2026. Japan enacted the revised Imperial House Law the same day, permitting the imperial family to adopt males aged 15 or older who are descended from emperors through the male line in 11 former branch families and allowing female members to retain their imperial status even after marrying commoners.

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Crown Princess Kiko visits high school in western Japan

Japan's Crown Princess Kiko (L) watches the Kagura Shinto ritual dance during a visit to a high school in Hino in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 9, 2026.

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Crown Princess Kiko visits high school in western Japan

Japan's Crown Princess Kiko (R) takes part in a throwing game based on Finland's Molkky during a visit to a high school in Hino in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 9, 2026.

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Crown Princess Kiko visits high school in western Japan

Japan's Crown Princess Kiko (2nd from R) takes part in a throwing game based on Finland's Molkky during a visit to a high school in Hino in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 9, 2026.

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Geiko ritual at Kyoto shrine

KYOTO, Japan, July 7 Kyodo - Wearing "yukata" summer kimonos, Geiko and Maiko apprentices visit Yasaka shrine in Kyoto on July 6, 2026, to pray for health and the improvement of their performances in the traditional Osendo ritual. (Kyodo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (far L) and Empress Masako (2nd from L) visit the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Belgium in Brussels on June 25, 2026, for informal talks with Japanese nationals living in Belgium before flying back to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Belgium in Brussels on June 25, 2026, for informal talks with Japanese nationals living in Belgium before flying back to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako (C) visit the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Belgium in Brussels on June 25, 2026, for informal talks with Japanese nationals living in Belgium before flying back to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (C, L) and Empress Masako (C, R) visit the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Belgium in Brussels on June 25, 2026, for informal talks with Japanese nationals living in Belgium before flying back to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako (2nd from L) visit the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Belgium in Brussels on June 25, 2026, for informal talks with Belgians with ties to Japan before flying back to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako visit the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Belgium in Brussels on June 25, 2026, for informal talks with Belgians with ties to Japan before flying back to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (far L) and Empress Masako (2nd from L) visit the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Belgium in Brussels on June 25, 2026, for informal talks with Belgians with ties to Japan before flying back to Japan. (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visit the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Belgium in Brussels on June 25, 2026, for informal talks with Belgians with ties to Japan before flying back to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress in Brussels

Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako (C) visit the official residence of the Japanese ambassador to Belgium in Brussels on June 25, 2026, for informal talks with Belgians with ties to Japan before flying back to Japan.(Pool photo)

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Japan PM Takaichi in Okinawa

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to reporters in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture on June 23, 2026, during her visit to the southern Japan island prefecture to attend a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the end of the Battle of Okinawa in World War II.

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Japan's imperial couple plant cherry tree near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako pose after planting a cherry tree during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple plant cherry tree near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plant a cherry tree during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple plant cherry tree near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plant a cherry tree during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple plant cherry tree near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plant a cherry tree during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit Japan 2011 disaster memorial near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako observe a moment of silence at a memorial dedicated to the victims of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's imperial couple visit Japan 2011 disaster memorial near Amsterdam

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako observe a moment of silence at a memorial dedicated to the victims of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake during a visit to a Japan-related park near Amsterdam on June 19, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's emperor in Amsterdam

Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) of Japan and King Willem-Alexander (3rd from L) of the Netherlands visit Deltares, a hydraulic engineering research institute, in Delft, the Netherlands, on June 17, 2026, during the emperor's state visit to the country. (Pool photo)

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Japan's emperor in Amsterdam

Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R) of Japan and King Willem-Alexander (far L) of the Netherlands visit Deltares, a hydraulic engineering research institute, in Delft, the Netherlands, on June 17, 2026, during the emperor's state visit to the country. (Pool photo)

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Japan's emperor, empress in Amsterdam

Emperor Naruhito (front, L) of Japan and King Willem-Alexander (front, R) of the Netherlands visit Deltares, a technological institute specializing in hydraulic engineering research and water management, in Delft, the Netherlands, on June 17, 2026, during the emperor's state visit to the country. (Pool photo)

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Japan's emperor, empress in Amsterdam

Emperor Naruhito (front, L) of Japan and King Willem-Alexander (front, C) of the Netherlands visit Deltares, a technological institute specializing in hydraulic engineering research and water management, in Delft, the Netherlands, on June 17, 2026, during the emperor's state visit to the country. (Pool photo)

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GSDF conducts artillery drill in Shizuoka Pref.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi (C) speaks to members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force during his visit to an annual live-fire artillery drill at the GSDF's East Fuji Maneuver Area in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on June 7, 2026.

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Philippine President Marcos Jr. leaves Japan

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife, Louise Araneta-Marcos, wave at Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, following a state visit to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Philippine President Marcos Jr. leaves Japan

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife, Louise Araneta-Marcos, wave at Haneda airport in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, following a state visit to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Philippine President Marcos Jr. in Japan

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from L) and his wife, Louise Araneta-Marcos (far L), visit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, to say farewell to Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako following a state visit to Japan.

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Philippine President Marcos Jr. in Japan

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from L) and his wife, Louise Araneta-Marcos (far L), visit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, to say farewell to Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako following a state visit to Japan.

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Philippine President Marcos Jr. in Japan

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (2nd from L) and his wife, Louise Araneta-Marcos (far L), visit the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 29, 2026, to say farewell to Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako following a state visit to Japan.

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Philippine President Marcos Jr. off to Japan

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. makes a speech at an airport in Manila on May 26, 2026, before flying to Tokyo for a four-day state visit to Japan.

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Philippine President Marcos Jr. arrives in Japan

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. (L) and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 26, 2026, for a four-day state visit to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Philippine President Marcos Jr. arrives in Japan

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife Louise Araneta-Marcos arrive at Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 26, 2026, for a four-day state visit to Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Takaichi winds up visit to S. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at an airport in Daegu on May 20, 2026, after winding up her trip to South Korea for a summit meeting with President Lee Jae Myung.

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Japan PM Takaichi winds up visit to S. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at an airport in Daegu on May 20, 2026, after winding up her trip to South Korea for a summit meeting with President Lee Jae Myung.

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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 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: Imperial Family Visits Fukushima on 15th Earthquake Anniversary

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko visited Fukushima Prefecture on April 6 and 7, marking the 15th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. It was Princess Aiko's first visit to the prefecture. As the motorcade made its way to Fukushima Station at the conclusion of the visit, the imperial family was seen waving to crowds gathered along the route.

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Former Japan PM Ishiba's visit to South Korea

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a keynote speech at a symposium hosted by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul, South Korea, on April 8, 2026. He noted the importance of strengthening cooperation between Japan, the United States and South Korea to deal with North Korea.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko on April 7, 2026, visit a roadside rest area in the tsunami-devastated northeastern Japan town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from R), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko on April 7, 2026, visit a roadside rest area in the tsunami-devastated northeastern Japan town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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CORRECTED: Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (far L), Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko on April 7, 2026, visit a roadside rest area in the tsunami-devastated northeastern Japan town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L), Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (2nd from L), Empress Masako (2nd from R) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (back, L), Empress Masako (back, C) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan imperial family's trip to Fukushima

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (front, L), Empress Masako (front, C) and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Great East Japan Earthquake and Nuclear Disaster Memorial Museum in Futaba, a Fukushima Prefecture town that co-hosts the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 6, 2026. Fifteen years after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011, they are visiting the prefecture to see the recovery efforts firsthand.

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Japan's imperial family's trip to Fukushima

(From R, facing camera) Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko are greeted before getting on a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital to visit Fukushima Prefecture to inspect the recovery efforts since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.