Tokyo, Nov. 10 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Aiko visited the mausoleums of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa, and his wife Empress Kojun, in a western Tokyo suburb Monday ahead of her first official visit abroad. Dressed in grey, Princess Aiko, the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, made a “tamagushi” ritual offering and prayed at each mausoleum. She is to visit Laos from Nov. 17 to 22 on her first official visit to a foreign country. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]
Japan Princess Aiko Visits Emperor Showa’s Mausoleum
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