Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko watched the Imperial Guard's New Year review ceremony ...

Her full title is Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Japan. Empress Michiko was born in Tokyo, the eldest daughter of Hidesaburo Shōda (1904–1999), president and later honorary chairman of ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, in a poem recited at the annual New Year's Poetry Reading on Wednesday, expressed how he was ...

The empress also expressed her hopes for her daughter: “I wish for Aiko to continue ... effort brings hope and courage to many people in Japan,” she wrote. The empress also said she was ...