Emperor Emeritus Akihito, father of the current emperor ... sparked a nuclear crisis and devastated much of northeast Japan, leaving nearly 20,000 people dead. Heart failure describes a gradual ...

This year marks the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in the war. Emperor Naruhito visited the monument during his trip in 2007 when he was the crown prince. After the end of the war ...

Born on 23 February 1960, Emperor Naruhito is the current Emperor of Japan and the oldest child of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. He became heir apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne when he ...

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.

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 ...

Emperor Naruhito expressed his wishes for the people’s well-being and the nation’s development at an annual New Year reception at the Imperial Palace. Naruhito and Empress Masako received New ...

The couple met with Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh and his wife in Japan in November 2022. According to the Imperial Household Agency, the Emperor and the Empress were invited to Mongolia ...

A parade celebrating the formal ascension of Japan's Emperor Naruhito has been postponed in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis. The parade, which sees the emperor travel in an open-top car to "meet" the ...

Japan is just days away from learning the name of its next Imperial era. When Emperor Akihito abdicates at the end of April it will bring an end to the current Heisei era. A day later ...

Several world leaders gathered in Japan for the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and protesters demonstrated a short distance away. On April 30, 1945, the burned body of ...