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Japan PM Takaichi meets with U.N. head Guterres

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (L) shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres ahead of their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 22, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Prince Hisahito watches kabaddi match

Japanese Prince Hisahito (C) watches an Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games kabaddi match at Tokai Citizen Gymnasium in Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 21, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Prince Hisahito watches sepaktakraw match

Japanese Prince Hisahito (C) watches an Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games sepaktakraw match at Mizuho Park Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 21, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Prince Hisahito watches sepaktakraw match

Japanese Prince Hisahito (C) watches an Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games sepaktakraw match at Mizuho Park Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 21, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Abductees' relatives to visit U.S.

Takuya Yokota (L), head of a group representing the families of Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea in the 1970s and 1980s, and group member Koichiro Iizuka hold a press conference at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 21, 2026, before flying to Washington to seek U.S. support in getting the abductees back to Japan. Yokota is a younger brother of Megumi Yokota, who was abducted by North Korea in 1977 aged 13, while Iizuka's mother, Yaeko Taguchi, was taken to North Korea in 1978. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, crown princess visit base to back start-ups

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and Crown Princess Kiko (far R) visit a base for supporting start-up companies in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown prince, crown princess visit base to back start-ups

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko visit a base for supporting start-up companies in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Ghibli Park

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako visit Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Ghibli Park

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako (L) visit Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Ghibli Park

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (R) and Empress Masako visit Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Ghibli Park

Japan's Emperor Naruhito (3rd from R) and Empress Masako (4th from R) visit Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Ghibli Park

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako pose with No-Face, a character from the film "Spirited Away," during a visit to Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Ghibli Park

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako pose with No-Face, a character from the film "Spirited Away," during a visit to Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Ghibli Park

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with an elementary school student in the Cat Bus Room at Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Ghibli Park

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with elementary school students in the Cat Bus Room at Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Emperor, empress visit Ghibli Park

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako chat with elementary school students in the Cat Bus Room at Ghibli Park in Nagakute in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Emperor watches basketball match

Japanese Emperor Naruhito (front row, 2nd from L) and Empress Masako (front row, 3rd from L) watch an Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games women's basketball match between Japan and Kazakhstan at Aichi International Arena in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Crown prince watches water polo match

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko watch an Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games water polo match at Nagoya City General Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games: Crown prince watches water polo match

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko watch an Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games water polo match at Nagoya City General Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Pool photo)

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2026, for the second day of the BOJ's two-day policy-setting meeting. (Pool Photo)

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BOJ policy-setting meeting

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda arrives at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2026, for the second day of the BOJ's two-day policy-setting meeting. (Pool Photo)

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Asia Zero Emission Community summit in Kuala Lumpur

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a summit of the Asia Zero Emission Community in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Asia Zero Emission Community summit in Kuala Lumpur

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) attends a summit of the Asia Zero Emission Community in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Asia Zero Emission Community summit in Kuala Lumpur

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) attends a summit of the Asia Zero Emission Community in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Asia Zero Emission Community summit in Kuala Lumpur

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) attends a summit of the Asia Zero Emission Community in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Asia Zero Emission Community summit in Kuala Lumpur

(From L) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Japanese and Malaysian counterparts Sanae Takaichi and Anwar Ibrahim are pictured during a photo shoot ahead of a summit of the Asia Zero Emission Community in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Asia Zero Emission Community summit in Kuala Lumpur

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (C) and other leaders pose for a photo ahead of a summit of the Asia Zero Emission Community in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26, 2025. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and his son Prince Hisahito (2nd from R) on Sept. 13, 2026, visit the tsunami memorial museum in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (back, R) and his son Prince Hisahito (back, L) arrive on Sept. 13, 2026, at the tsunami memorial museum in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and his son Prince Hisahito (4th from L) on Sept. 13, 2026, visit the tsunami memorial museum in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in tsunami-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from L) and his son Prince Hisahito (2nd from R) on Sept. 13, 2026, visit the tsunami memorial museum in Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (R) and his son Prince Hisahito (C) arrive at a medical clinic in Rikuzentakata, an Iwate Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and his son Prince Hisahito (far L) look at bonitos being unloaded at a fish market in Kesennuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (back, L) and his son Prince Hisahito (back, R) look at bonitos being unloaded at a fish market in Kesennuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (2nd from R) and his son Prince Hisahito (3rd from R) look at bonitos being unloaded at a fish market in Kesennuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown Prince Fumihito, Prince Hisahito in disaster-hit city

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito (C) and his son Prince Hisahito (L) look at bonitos being unloaded at a fish market in Kesennuma, a Miyagi Prefecture city devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, on Sept. 14, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess Kiko at musical

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (2nd from R) watches the musical "Princess Anio," depicting the history of Japan-Vietnam ties, at Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess Kiko at musical

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (front, C) arrives at Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2026, for the musical "Princess Anio," depicting the history of Japan-Vietnam ties. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess Kiko at musical

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (C) watches the musical "Princess Anio," depicting the history of Japan-Vietnam ties, at Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess Kiko at musical

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (2nd from R) chats with actors after watching the musical "Princess Anio," depicting the history of Japan-Vietnam ties, at Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess Kiko at musical

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (2nd from R) chats with actors after watching the musical "Princess Anio," depicting the history of Japan-Vietnam ties, at Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess Kiko at musical

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (front, R) shakes hands with Vietnamese actor Do Phan Gia Han, actor starring in the musical "Princess Anio," depicting the history of Japan-Vietnam ties, after watching the performance at Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess Kiko at musical

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (far R) chats with actors after watching the musical "Princess Anio," depicting the history of Japan-Vietnam ties, at Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess Kiko at musical

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (5th from R, front row) watches the musical "Princess Anio," depicting the history of Japan-Vietnam ties, at Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Crown princess Kiko at musical

Japanese Crown Princess Kiko (front, L) arrives at Kanagawa Arts Theatre in Yokohama near Tokyo on Sept. 12, 2026, for the musical "Princess Anio," depicting the history of Japan-Vietnam ties. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo to celebrate the 60th birthday of her aunt, Crown Princess Kiko, on Sept. 11, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japanese Princess Aiko

Japanese Princess Aiko arrives at the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo to celebrate the 60th birthday of her aunt, Crown Princess Kiko, on Sept. 11, 2026. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito return from Norway

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 10, 2026, upon their return from their trip to Norway to attend the funeral of King Harald V. (Pool photo)

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Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito return from Norway

Japan's Crown Prince Fumihito and Crown Princess Kiko are pictured at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Sept. 10, 2026, upon their return from their trip to Norway to attend the funeral of King Harald V. (Pool photo)

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Japan emperor, empress visit exhibition on Rembrandt

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako look at an artwork at an exhibition titled "Rembrandt the Etcher: His Challenges and His Impact" at the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo on Sept. 10, 2026. (Pool Photo)