Grand Duke Henri returns from working visit to Japan

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg has spent a few days in Japan on a working visit.

He was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, and Yuriko Backes, Minister of Defense, Minister of Mobility and Public Works, and Minister of Gender Equality and Diversity, to celebrate “Luxembourg Day” at Expo 2025 in Osaka.

He was also invited to dinner at the Imperial Palace with Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko.

© Maison du Grand-Duc / Kary Barthelmey

The Grand Duke visited the “teamLab”, which is an immersive digital art exhibition, as well as the “Yoyogi” Olympic gymnasium, built in 1961 for the Tokyo 1964 Games. He also took part in the official “Luxembourg Day” reception.

In his speech, he spoke about Luxembourg’s close ties with Japan and thanked the Luxembourg team at Expo 2025, which was responsible for the construction of the Luxembourg pavilion, which he visited the next day. Luxembourg Day began with the raising of the Luxembourg and Japanese flags, and the playing of both national anthems.

He also visited the pavilions of Japan, Saudi Arabia (which will host the next World Expo in 2030), Singapore, Ukraine, India, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, and France.