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Polish President Andrzej Duda and first lady Agata Kornhauser-Duda welcome Japan's Crown Prince Akishino and his wife Crown Princess Kiko at the Presidential Palace as the Japanese royal couple began a tour of Poland in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, June 28, 2019. The visit marks the centenary of diplomatic relations between Poland and Japan. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Japanese crown prince, wife begin tour of Poland

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In this Nov. 22, 2018, photo provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan, Japan's Prince Akishino and his wife Princess Kiko attend a press conference ahead of his birthday at their residence in Tokyo. Prince Akishino, Emperor Akihito's second son, celebrated his 53rd birthday on Nov. 30. (Imperial Household Agency of Japan via AP)

Japanese prince wants royals to fund Shinto rite, not public

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, May 19, 2018, file photo, Japan's Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko watch as Prince Hisahito participates in a sports event at a primary school affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Tokyo. Prince Akishino, the second son of Japan's Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Princess Kiko, are visiting Hawaii for the first time. The Japanese royal couple is on Oahu from June 4 to June 8, 2018, as part of a yearlong celebration for the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants arriving in Hawaii. They will visit the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Punchbowl and the Ehime Maru Memorial on Monday, which commemorates Japanese lives lost when a U.S. submarine collided with a Japanese ship, and attend dinner with Gov. David Ige. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)

Japanese royal couple in Hawaii on first official US visit

By SOPHIA YAN and AUDREY McAVOY - Associated Press