For the first time as Japans 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 Years greeting since ascending to the throne. 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.