Japan princess visits Laos on first official trip abroad


Princess Aiko, right, the daughter of Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, is welcomed upon her arrival at a hotel in Vientiane, Laos, Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, - Japan Pool/Kyodo News via AP

VIENTIANE: Japan's Princess Aiko arrived in Laos on Monday (Nov 17) for her first official overseas trip, state media said, a largely symbolic visit to Tokyo's small beneficiary in South-East Asia.

The 23-year-old princess - Emperor Naruhito's only child who is however not in line to the throne due to the Japanese royal family's male-only succession rules - will spend the week in the communist country on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

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