Empress Masako marked her 60th birthday on Dec. 9, saying she wants to move forward with new feelings. Masako responded in writing to questions from reporters about the milestone and expressed ...

In Europe over the past decade, kings have ascended the throne in the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain ... took an internationally active wife. Empress Masako is a Harvard graduate who became ...

Empress Masako sported an unexpected accessory as she and Emperor Naruhito were officially welcomed to the U.K., but only for ...

LONDON--Empress Masako visited Britain along with Emperor Naruhito to attend the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey here on Sept. 19. It was her first visit to a foreign ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Empress Masako said the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was a key event of ...