This handout photo taken on December 3, 2025 and released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan shows Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako posing at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Empress Masako celebrates her 62nd birthday on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Imperial Household Agency of Japan / AFP via Getty Images) / NO SALES, AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY OF JAPAN; MANDATORY CREDIT.

This handout photo taken on December 3, 2025 and released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan shows Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako posing at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Empress Masako celebrates her 62nd birthday on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Imperial Household Agency of Japan / AFP via Getty Images) / NO SALES, AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY OF JAPAN; MANDATORY CREDIT.

This handout photo taken on December 3, 2025 and released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan shows Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako sitting together at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Empress Masako celebrates her 62nd birthday on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Imperial Household Agency of Japan / AFP via Getty Images) / NO SALES, AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY OF JAPAN; MANDATORY CREDIT.

This handout photo taken on December 3, 2025 and released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan shows Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako posing at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Empress Masako celebrates her 62nd birthday on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Imperial Household Agency of Japan / AFP via Getty Images) / NO SALES, AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY OF JAPAN; MANDATORY CREDIT.

This handout photo taken on December 3, 2025 and released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan shows Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako sitting together at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Empress Masako celebrates her 62nd birthday on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Imperial Household Agency of Japan / AFP via Getty Images) / NO SALES, AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY OF JAPAN; MANDATORY CREDIT.

This handout photo taken on December 3, 2025 and released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan shows Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako posing at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Empress Masako celebrates her 62nd birthday on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Imperial Household Agency of Japan / AFP via Getty Images) / NO SALES, AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY OF JAPAN; MANDATORY CREDIT.

This handout photo taken on December 3, 2025 and released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan shows Japan's Emperor Naruhito (L) and Empress Masako posing at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Empress Masako celebrates her 62nd birthday on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Imperial Household Agency of Japan / AFP via Getty Images) / NO SALES, AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY OF JAPAN; MANDATORY CREDIT.

This handout photo taken on December 3, 2025 and released by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan shows Japan's Empress Masako posing at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Empress Masako celebrates her 62nd birthday on December 9, 2025. (Photo by Handout / Imperial Household Agency of Japan / AFP via Getty Images) / NO SALES, AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS PUBLICLY DISTRIBUTED HANDOUT PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD AGENCY OF JAPAN; MANDATORY CREDIT.