Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims ...

The Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwo Jima in ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's beloved former Emperor Akihito ... his time quietly while caring for his 90-year-old wife, former Empress Michiko, who broke her leg bone in October and is still recovering ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude-7.3 earthquake that ...

Japan's Empress Emerita Michiko, from left, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Princess Aiko, Crown Prince Akishino, Crown Princess Kiko and Princess Kako wave at well ...

Mourners observed a moment of silence before dawn at 5:46am, the exact time that the quake -- Japan’s second deadliest since ...

In 1995, the 50th year since the end of the war, then-Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko made a "memorial tour" of the three prefectures and the Tokyo memorial hall. They visited Saipan in 2005 ...