Japan's ageing Emperor Akihito will step down in April 2019, marking the end of an imperial era for Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced the abdication date shortly after a government and ...

Rarely seen outfits, elaborate thrones and ancient paraphernalia adorned Tuesday’s sacred and sumptuous ceremony marking the formal ascension of Emperor Naruhito to Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne.

In comments leaked to a magazine, Kunio Kohori said he believed Emperor Akihito was trying to destroy the shrine by not visiting it. The shrine in Tokyo honours Japan's 2.5 million war dead but ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito said he is praying for the happiness of people in Japan and the world in his first New Year's greetings in two years. The Emperor and other members of the Imperial family ...

expressed how he was heartened to see children talk about their dreams for the future during official visits across Japan. The emperor and Empress Masako visited Ishikawa Prefecture three times to ...

He had his first chance to show what he meant when a volcano erupted in southwestern Japan in 1991. The imperial couple visited an evacuation center and knelt next to the victims. Emperor Akihito ...

The emperor does not have political power but has symbolic significance for Japan. Historically, World War II was fought in the name of Naruhito’s grandfather Hirohito. Over the decades since Japan’s ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Arrangements are being made for Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit Hiroshima and other domestic war-related sites next year to mark the 80th anniversary of the ...