Emperor Emeritus Akihito, father of the current emperor ... Akihito, 88, stepped down in 2019 in the first abdication of a Japanese emperor for two centuries, saying he was not sure he was ...

TOKYO — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted ... the rules of male-only succession in the imperial family. Under current law, she will leave the family, once she marries outside ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted ... rules of male-only succession in the imperial family. Under current law, she will leave the family, once she marries outside ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war. Emperor Naruhito visited the monument during his trip in 2007 when he was the crown prince. After the end of the war ...

Tokyo, Jan. 31 (Jiji Press)--Arrangements are underway for Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit Mongolia in the first half of July, the first trip by a reigning Imperial couple to ...

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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai ...

A parade celebrating the formal ascension of Japan's Emperor Naruhito has been postponed in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis. The parade, which sees the emperor travel in an open-top car to "meet" the ...