Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, ...

Because his father had been a weak and sickly man, Hirohito ruled more in the shadow of his grandfather, the great Emperor Meiji , who presided over Japan's late-19th-century opening up to the West.

The war was fought in the name of Emperor Hirohito, grandfather of Naruhito. Masako, a Harvard-educated former diplomat, has been struggling with adjustment disorder since 2003, soon after giving ...

The notes were dictated by the emperor and written down by an aide A memoir by former Japanese Emperor Hirohito about World War Two has been bought by a Japanese surgeon accused of denying the ...

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 ...

Suzuki's granddaughter Michiko was born in 1931 and was close to her grandfather ... whose given name was Hirohito, who repeatedly asked Suzuki to become Prime Minister. While Japan's defeat ...

Historically, World War II was fought in the name of Naruhito’s grandfather Hirohito. Over the decades since Japan’s defeat in 1945, the Imperial Family has advocated peace. In this year’s ...