Vientiane, Nov 17, 2025 (AFP) - Japan princess visits Laos on first official trip abroad

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2025-11-17

Japan's Princess Aiko arrived in Laos on Monday for her first official overseas trip, state media said, a largely symbolic visit to Tokyo's small beneficiary in Southeast 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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