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Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan are greeted by His Excellency Hajime Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan as their Majesties arrive for a state...

The Emperor And Empress Of Japan Arrive For A State Visit To The United Kingdom

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan are greeted by His Excellency Hajime Hayashi, Ambassador of Japan as their Majesties arrive for a state...

The Emperor And Empress Of Japan Arrive For A State Visit To The United Kingdom

Emperor Hirohito salutes as he rides past and inspects his troops.

Hirohito on Horseback

General Douglas MacArthur stands next to Japanese Emperor Hirohito in the US Embassy in Tokyo. General MacArthur became responsible for supervising...

Hirohito and MacArthur Meet in the US Embassy in Tokyo

President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Japanese Emperor Naruhito at the Imperial Palace on October 27, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. Trump is visiting...

U.S. President Trump Visits The Emperor Of Japan In Tokyo

Close-up of Akihito, the Crown Prince of Japan, standing alone outside and smiling.

Emperor Hirohito poses on his horse, "Fubuki," in the Akasaka Imperial Garden, in 1928.

Emperor Hirohito on Horseback

Royal carriage used to convey Emperor Hirohito to his coronation. Photograph.

Carriage Used To Take Hirohito To Coronation

Radiant...Princess Grace of Monaco beams as she curtsies during greeting by Japan's Emperor Hirohito as she and husband, Prince Rainier , arrive at...

Emperor Hirohito Greeting Princess Grace

Tokyo, Japan: His majesty Emperor Hirohito of Japan mounted on a handsome white horse and proceeding to the Mimic War maneuvers which were held at...

Hirohito Riding On Horse

President Donald Trump speaks with Japanese Emperor Naruhito during their meeting at the Imperial Palace on October 27, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. Trump...

U.S. President Trump Visits The Emperor Of Japan In Tokyo

Emperor Naruhito of Japan attends a banquet, given by the Lord Mayor and City of London Corporation, at the Guildhall during the State Visit to the...

The Emperor And Empress Of Japan State Visit To The United Kingdom – Day 2

Britain's King Charles III, , Japan's Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Queen Camilla , pose for a group photo ahead of the State Banquet during...

The Emperor And Empress Of Japan State Visit To The United Kingdom – Day 1

War bond and stamp buyers give the big push to Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito, on the way to destruction at Niagara Falls. At the rear of car pushing...

War bond and stamp buyers give the big push to Hitler, Musso

Prince Regent Hirohito looks through Army Field Periscope

Prince Regent looks through Army Field Periscope

Japanese Emperor Hirohito greeting Nancy Reagan and President Ronald Reagan upon arrival at the white tie dinner at the Imperial Palace.

Japanese Emperor Hirohito (L) greeting Nancy Reagan and

Japanese emperor Hirohito standing to address guests, incl. President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan at white tie banquet at Imperial...

Japanese emperor Hirohito standing to address guests incl

Crown Prince Akihito of Japan attended the twi-night double header between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Browns at Yankee stadium in this...

Crown Prince Akihito Receiving Customary Yankee Baseball

Pay Tribute. Tokyo, Japan: Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako pay silent tribute to the 3 000 war dead at memorial service in Nippon Budokan Hall...

Japanese Royalty at War Memorial

Royal Audience. Tokyo, Japan: Arms, legs and twisting bodies create a picture of confusion as members of Japan's Gymnastics Unversity perform at the...

Japanese Gymnastic Demonstration

Royal Audience. Tokyo, Japan: A group of male and female students from the Japan Gymnastics University performs gracefully in front of the Emperor...

Japanese Gymnastic Demonstration

Akihito Meets Venus in Rome Museum. Rome, Italy: Prince Akihito, heir to the Japanese throne, appears unimpressed here by the statue of Venus in a...

Prince Akihito Viewing Venus Statue

Prince Akihito Visits World Organization, United Nations. New York, New York: With the United Nations building as a towering background, Crown Prince...

Prince Akihito at UN

Tokyo, Japan: Japanese Emperor Hirohito strolling in the garden of the Imperial Palace. These were released for 77th birthday, April 29. April 1978.

Japanese Emperor Hirohito

Tokyo, Japan: President Jose Lopez Portillo of Mexico toasts with Emperor Hirohito during a return banquet hosted by Portillo at the guesthouse,...

Hirohito and Mexican President

Tokyo, Japan: Emperor Hirohito studies seaweeds at the Susaki Imperial Villa, 100 miles south of Tokyo recently. The world's longest reigning monarch...

Emperor Hirohito Examining Seaweed

Tokyo, Japan: Emperor Hirohito, who celebrates his 76th birthday April 29 takes a walk with Empress Nagako at the Susaki Imperial Villa in southern...

Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako

Tokyo, Japan: Japanese Emperor Hirohito strolling in the garden of the Imperial Palace. These were released for 77th birthday, April 29. April 1978.

Japanese Emperor Hirohito

Woods Hole, Massachusetts: Japan's Emperor Hirohito, who is interested in marine biology, views some marine life under a microsope at the Woods Hole...

Emperor Hirohito at His Microscope

Tokyo, Japan: Emperor Hirohito, accompanied by Empress Nagako, speaks in a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the emperor's accession to the...

Emperor Hirohito Giving Speech

San Francisco, California: Emperor Hirohito, , and empress Nagako of Japan are shown the sights around the San Francisco Bay by Mayor Joseph Alioto....

Joseph Alioto with Japanese Visitors

His Imperial Highness Crown Prince Akihito on horseback.

Crown Prince Akihito of Japan Riding A Horse

Crown Prince Akihito Greeted by Former Tutor. New York. Crown Prince Akito, 19 year olf heir apparent to the Japanese throne, is shown in a reunion...

Prince Akhito and Elizabeth Gray Vining

Tokyo, Japan: One of the rare photographs of Japanese Crown Prince Akihito with his parents, Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako. The 19-year-old...

Prince Akihito and Parents

Heir to Chrysanthemum Throne. Tokyo, Japan: In morning clothes, Prince Akihito Tsugu-No-Miya, 18-year-old son of Emperor Hirohito of Japan, who today...

Japan's Crown Prince Akihito

Concord, Massachusetts: Japan's Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko visit the Old North Bridge area, October 3, scene of one of the first...

Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko

Japan's Prince Hiro jumps for joy on his eighth birthday. The prince is the eldest son of Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko.

Prince Hiro Celebrates His Eighth Birthday

Royal Views. Tokyo, Japan: Children kept themselves busy at their easels as Princess Michiko bent over to chat with one of the young artists during...

Princess Michiko Visiting Art Class

President Ford and Emperor Hiroshito during welcome ceremonies at Akasaka Palace .

Portrait of Gerald Ford and Emperor Hiroshito

Tokyo, Japan. Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Vice President of India , currently in a good-will visit to Japan, is shown in the place in Toklyo with...

Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Sitting with Japanese Emperors

Tokyo, Japan: Small, shy Emperor Hirohito, the man who was once God to 75 million Japanese, celebrates his 55th birthday Sunday. The ruler who...

Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako

Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako are shown with other members of the Imperial family as they watched a court dance that featured the garden party...

Japanese Royal Family Attending Garden Ceremony

Meet after Marriage. Tokyo, Japan: Princess Michiko and her husband, Crown Prince Akihito meet with Emperor Hirohito and the Empress of Japan after...

Meeting between Newlyweds and Parents

Emperor and Spouse Lead Cheering. Tokyo, Japan: Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako of Japan lead "three cheers" which climaxed ceremony marking...

Japanese Royalty Raising Arms

The Three Daughters of Japan's Emperor and Empress. Tokyo, Japan. Recent photo of the three young daughters of Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako...

Emperor Hirohito's Daughters

Emperor in the Field. Tokyo, Japan: Attending his first public baseball game, Emperor Hirohito with court officials as he went on the field before...

Hirohito at Baseball Opening

Royal Relaxation. Tokyo, Japan: In a royal get together in Tokyo's imperial palace, Japan's Crown Prince Akihito trains a movie camera on his family....

Prince Akihito Filming His Family

The Emperor of Japan, Hirohito and Nagako, the Empress of Japan greet Vice President and Mrs. Richard Nixon in the east chamber of the Imperial...

Nixons and Japanese Royalty

Emperor Hirohito is 55. Tokyo, Japan: Emperor Hirohito of Japan celebrates his 55th birthday, April 29, in quiet reading of books on fish. He sits in...

Emperor Hirohito Reading a Book

Crown Prince Akihito of Japan, studies a colloid jelly called Koshitsu as he peers through a microscope in the chemistry laboratory at the Peers...

Crown Prince Akihito

Emperor Hirohito of Japan joins President Ronald Reagan, both dressed in tuxedos, in a toast during a formal state dinner in Tokyo.

Hirohito Toasting Ronald Reagan

Crown Prince Akihito at the Peer School in Japan

Crown Prince Akihito at the Peer School

Crown Prince Akihito, heir to the throne of Japan, rides his bicycle on the palace grounds. This photo was made by the imperial household...

Crown Prince Akihito Riding Bicycle on Palace Grounds

Crown Prince Akihito at the Peer School in Japan

Crown Prince Akihito at the Peer School

After his day's work at the Peer School is finished, Crown Prince Akihito, heir to the throne of Japan, relaxes by feeding chickens in the palace...

Crown Prince Akihito Feeding Chickens on Palace Grounds

Royal Outing. Shimoda, Japan: Japan's Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako stroll along shore during a visit to their newly-built seaside villa,...

Japanese Royalty Walking along Shore

Tokyo: West German chancellor and Mrs. Helmut Schmidt are received in audience by Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako at the Imperial Palace...

Helmut Schmidt and Others at Imperial Palace

Tokyo, Japan: Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako in garden of Imperial Palace during a walk.

Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako Stopping for Photograph

Tokyo, Japan: Crown Prince Akihito with wife Crown Princess Michiko.

Prince Akihito Posing with Wife

Japan Sends Emperor Traveling for First Time. Tokyo, Japan: Japanese Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako are busily engaged in putting together a...

Hirohito and Wife Arranging Flowers

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