By AKIKO TADA/ Staff Writer
March 9, 2023 at 07:10 JST
Princess Akiko receives an explanation from Kazuyuki Tsuruma, a professor emeritus at Gakushuin University, at a special exhibition held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China at the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo in January. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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