TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the ...

Emperor Hirohito, 1945. Library of Congress. The man known as Tenno to his subjects and Hirohito to the rest of the world ranks as one of the most enigmatic figures of the 20th century.

FLAGS throughout PNG were flying at half mast yesterday as the country joined others world-wide to respect the death of ...

Also standing on the balcony was Emperor Emeritus Akihito, who abdicated in favor of his son in 2019 ... in the name of Naruhito’s grandfather Hirohito. Over the decades since Japan’s defeat ...

He was the first son of Japan's crown prince Yoshihito ... Following the death of his father in 1926, Hirohito became emperor ...

Emperor Hirohito's scratchy penmanship will be on show for the first time with a collection of rare handwritten “waka” poems he composed in his waning years. The special exhibition at the ...