2020 New Year's General Sightseeing at the Imperial Palace
January 2, 2020, Tokyo Japan - For the first time as Japan's monarch, Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by Empress Masako, delivers his message For the first time as Japan's monarch, Emperor Naruhito, accompanied by Empress Masako, delivers his message to a huge throng of flag-waving well-wishers from the Imperial Palace balcony on Thursday, January 2, 2020, in his New Year's greeting since Naruhito and Masako were joined by his parents, the former Emperor Akihito and his wife Michiko, his younger brother Prince Akishino, his wife Kiko, and their two daughters Mako and Kako. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-