Japanese royal couple in Hawaii on first official US visit

FILE - In this Saturday, May 19, 2018, file photo, Japan's Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko watch as Prince Hisahito participates in a sports event at a primary school affiliated with Ochanomizu University in Tokyo. Prince Akishino, the second son of Japan's Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Princess Kiko, are visiting Hawaii for the first time. The Japanese royal couple is on Oahu from June 4 to June 8, 2018, as part of a yearlong celebration for the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants arriving in Hawaii. They will visit the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Punchbowl and the Ehime Maru Memorial on Monday, which commemorates Japanese lives lost when a U.S. submarine collided with a Japanese ship, and attend dinner with Gov. David Ige. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2011 file photo, flowers and lei are placed on the Ehime Maru Memorial at Kakaako Waterfront Park Ehime Maru Memorial Service at Kakaako Waterfront Park in Honolulu. The families of nine people killed when a U.S. Navy submarine rammed into a Japanese fishing ship off Hawaii. The Japanese royal couple, Prince Akishino, the second son of Japan's Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Princess Kiko will be in Hawaii from June 4 to June 8, 2018, as part of a yearlong celebration for the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants arriving in Hawaii. They will visit the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Punchbowl and the Ehime Maru Memorial on Monday, which commemorates Japanese lives lost when a U.S. submarine collided with a Japanese ship, and attend dinner with Gov. David Ige. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner, File)
FILE - In this March, 4, 2001, file photo, flower offerings and lei for the crew members lost at sea in the Ehime Maru collision are seen on board of the voyaging canoe Hokule' a, which will sail to the scene of the accident, during a memorial ceremony in Maunalua Bay, Hawaii. In the background family members board a larger boat. The Japanese royal couple, Prince Akishino, the second son of Japan's Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Princess Kiko will be in Hawaii from June 4 to June 8, 2018, as part of a yearlong celebration for the 150th anniversary of the first Japanese immigrants arriving in Hawaii. They will visit the National Cemetery of the Pacific in Punchbowl and the Ehime Maru Memorial on Monday, which commemorates Japanese lives lost when a U.S. submarine collided with a Japanese ship, and attend dinner with Gov. David Ige.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, Pool)

HONOLULU — Prince Akishino, the second son of Japan’s Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Princess Kiko, are making their first official visit together to the U.S.