Imperial Household Agency

Princess Kako, second daughter of Crown Prince Akishino, celebrated her 31st birthday on December 29. After receiving congratulations from senior officials including the chief of the Imperial Household Agency at her residence, she greeted Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, and Princess Aiko at the Imperial Palace. Before 11 a.m., she smiled and waved to people gathered along the road as she entered the palace grounds by car, then visited the Sento Imperial Palace on the Akasaka Estate in Moto-Akasaka to meet Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko.