Japan officially began a new era on 1 May when Crown Prince Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne as the new emperor. The day before, his father Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, in a poem recited at the annual New Year's Poetry Reading on Wednesday, expressed how he was ...

When the Emperor of Japan lands in Britain on Saturday night, for the first state visit since the King was diagnosed with ...

Emperor Hirohito, 1945 ... and trying gamely to play the part of "Japan's first democrat." By the time his 62-year reign came to an end, Japan had risen like a Phoenix out of the postwar rubble ...

Japan’s Emperor Akihito has marked the end of his three-decade reign with a ceremony in Tokyo as he prepares to abdicates in favour of his son, Crown Prince Naruhito. Akihito, 85, is the first ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito said he is praying for the happiness of people in Japan and the world in his first New Year's greetings in two years. The Emperor and other members of the Imperial family ...

Emperor Naruhito expressed his wishes for the people’s well-being and the nation’s development at an annual New Year reception at the Imperial Palace. Naruhito and Empress Masako received New ...

There has been a lot of interest and speculation in Japan about what the new emperor will be like. His first speech as emperor on Wednesday echoed much of what his father said the previous day ...

Emperor Naruhito of Japan and his wife ... couple before Emperor Naruhito was invited to inspect the troops of the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards. Prince William, the prince of Wales, greeted and ...