shows Empress Sadako visiting Ise Jingu shrine to pray for her husband’s recovery as well as a newlywed in Kyoto who later became Emperor Hirohito. The black-and-white silent footage found at ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Britain at ... had hosted two Japanese state visits during her reign: emperor Hirohito in 1971 and his eldest son emperor Akihito ...

Empress Kojun was the wife of Emperor Hirohito, who is posthumously known as Emperor Showa. A rite held at the Imperial Palace was attended by Naruhito, his wife, Empress Masako, Naruhito’s ...

The Japanese government says arrangements are underway for Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit Mongolia in early July. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hayashi Yoshimasa announced the plan on Friday.

If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side by side during their historic first meeting on September 27, 1945.

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will likely visit Mongolia in July, the first trip to the country by a reigning imperial couple, people familiar with the matter said Thursday. This will be the ...

If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side by side during their historic first meeting on September 27, 1945.

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 ...

Arrangements are being made for Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit Hiroshima and other domestic war-related sites next year to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a ...

After Emperor Hirohito (aka Emperor Shōwa) announced Japanese surrender to the Allies to end World War II on August 15, 1945, ...

According to a 1987 interview with Grand Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa, who served the emperor for 50 years at the Imperial Palace, Hirohito's affinity for the biological began in the sixth grade ...

Addressing the U.S. Congress on Hirohito’s birthday is an insult to Pacific War veterans.