In this handout photo from the Imperial Household Agency, Crown Prince Naruhito of Japan and his wife Crown Princess Masako pose with Emperor Akihito...
Akihito and Wife Visit Shrine. Mie Prefecture, Japan: Crown Prince Akihito , followed by his wife, Princess Michiko, leads a procession at the Ise...
Japanese Emperor Hirohito greeting Nancy Reagan and President Ronald Reagan upon arrival at the white tie dinner at the Imperial Palace.
Japanese emperor Hirohito standing to address guests, incl. President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan at white tie banquet at Imperial...
New method of informing Japs still holding out in the Sierre Madre Mountains that Hirohito had accepted unconditional surrender was tried recently by...
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...
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 cameramen run to their positions to cover U.S. President Ronald Reagan's arrival to greet Emperor Hirohito at the Akasaka Guest Palace,...
Paper lanterns on display in the six story atrium of a department store in honor of the birth of their first son to Japanese Crown Prince Akihito and...
Royal Audience. Tokyo, Japan: Arms, legs and twisting bodies create a picture of confusion as members of Japan's Gymnastics Unversity perform at the...
Royal Audience. Tokyo, Japan: A group of male and female students from the Japan Gymnastics University performs gracefully in front of the Emperor...
An Athletic Prince. Tokyo, Japan: Prince Hiro , 8-year-old son of Japan's Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko, plays with his school mates in a...
An Athletic Prince. Tokyo, Japan: Prince Hiro tries hard to overtake the young fellow in front of him during the 70-meter race of the Autumn Athletic...
An Athletic Prince. Tokyo, Japan: Along with his school mates, Prince Hiro goes through gymnastic exercises during the Autumn Athletic Meet at the...
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 Hiro enjoys potato digging...Prince Hiro with his mother, Crown Princess Michiko, digs sweet potatoes at Seisen Women's Junior College in...
Prince Hiro enjoys potato digging...Prince Hiro with his mother, Crown Princess Michiko, digs sweet potatoes at Seisen Women's Junior College in...
Prince Akihito Visits World Organization, United Nations. New York, New York: With the United Nations building as a towering background, Crown Prince...
Tokyo, Japan: Japanese Emperor Hirohito strolling in the garden of the Imperial Palace. These were released for 77th birthday, April 29. April 1978.
Tokyo, Japan: President Jose Lopez Portillo of Mexico toasts with Emperor Hirohito during a return banquet hosted by Portillo at the guesthouse,...
Tokyo, Japan: Emperor Hirohito studies seaweeds at the Susaki Imperial Villa, 100 miles south of Tokyo recently. The world's longest reigning monarch...
Tokyo, Japan: Emperor Hirohito, who celebrates his 76th birthday April 29 takes a walk with Empress Nagako at the Susaki Imperial Villa in southern...
Tokyo, Japan: Japanese Emperor Hirohito strolling in the garden of the Imperial Palace. These were released for 77th birthday, April 29. April 1978.
Woods Hole, Massachusetts: Japan's Emperor Hirohito, who is interested in marine biology, views some marine life under a microsope at the Woods Hole...
Tokyo, Japan: Emperor Hirohito, accompanied by Empress Nagako, speaks in a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the emperor's accession to the...