Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will likely visit Mongolia in July, the first trip to the country by a reigning imperial ...

Chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Thursday that a visit by a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of ...

An official visit by the Emperor and the Empress to Mongolia has been arranged for early July, it has been learned.

Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s male-only imperial succession rule should be revised from gender-equality ...

Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change ...

The emperor previously traveled to Mongolia in 2007 as crown prince to mark the 35th anniversary of the two nations establishing diplomatic ties. During the trip, he attended the country's largest ...

Q: Can you share your view on those who argue that Japan should transition to a republican system to ensure the human rights of the emperor and the royal family, despite the deeply ingrained taboo ...

The Imperial House Law, set in 1947, states that only males in the family’s male line can become heirs to the throne. That leaves only three members who are eligible to succeed Emperor Naruhito: ...

This combined photo shows Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako ... and laid flowers at a monument near Ulaanbaatar honoring Japanese who died during internment after World War II.

Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav on Friday visited Nijo-jo Castle in Kyoto during his four-day official visit to Japan ...

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are likely to visit Mongolia in July, the first trip to the country by a reigning Imperial couple, people familiar with ...