it seems the Japanese Royal family too is hit by it. The Japanese Imperial Royal family is headed by Naruhito-- the emperor, and apart from him there are only three other male members of their 17 ...

Since Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako had only one child-- a daughter-- and this made the line of succession in the Japanese royal family uncertain for a while. It even gave rise to debates in ...

However, both students said they didn’t plan on following the royal family’s Instagram account. The Japanese imperial family’s social media debut comes 15 years after Britain’s royal ...

If she skips both the payment and the rites it will make her the first female member of the royal family to do so. Under Japanese law, female imperial family members forfeit their status upon ...

Under Japan’s male-only royal succession law, Princess Mako forfeited her royal status when she married a commoner. She recently spent her last birthday as a member of the royal family ...