Japan’s popular Princess Aiko has turned 23. She's taking on more official duties even as her future in the imperial family ...

Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, turned 23 on Sunday, marking her first year as a ...

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Princess Aiko, the daughter of Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, turned 23 on Sunday. The Princess graduated from ...

This year, the princess graduated from Gakushuin University in Tokyo and began working at the Japanese Red Cross Society in April.

At the tomb, Emperor Naruhito offered a tamagushi ritual offering and bowed deeply, as did Empress Masako after him.

Princess Aiko, daughter of Emperor Naruhito, turns 23 as she takes on more official duties amidst uncertainty over her future in Japan's imperial family. Aiko must renounce her royal status if she ...

Crown Prince Fumihito, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, said ahead of his 59th birthday on Saturday that the opinions ...

The main funeral ceremony for Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor ...

Tokyo, Nov. 27 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited the Toshimagaoka cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Wednesday to pay their respects at the grave of the late ...