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helping to raise silkworms at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Masako is carrying on a tradition with a thread said to date back 15 centuries, the Japanese imperial family's cultivation of silkworms ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai ...

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko watched the Imperial Guard's New Year review ceremony ...

Poems written by imperial family members and guests were recited in a traditional style at the ceremony in the palace's Matsu ...

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Japanese Emperor Naruhito, in a poem recited at the annual New Year's Poetry Reading on Wednesday, expressed how he was ...

Crown Princess Kiko and Princess Kako wave at well-wishers during a public appearance for New Year celebrations at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo ...