TOKYO — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted ... the rules of male-only succession in the imperial family. Under current law, she will leave the family, once she marries outside ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito, father of the current emperor ... Akihito, 88, stepped down in 2019 in the first abdication of a Japanese emperor for two centuries, saying he was not sure he was ...

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 ...

In auspicious 1961 (like 1901, when the Emperor was born, it is “the Year of the Ox”), monarchy was enjoying a resurgence of popularity in Japan. Curtain Down. Ever since he told his people ...

According to a 1987 interview with Grand Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa, who served the emperor for 50 years at the Imperial Palace, Hirohito's affinity for the biological began in the sixth grade ...

From left, Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and other members of the Imperial Family attend the annual Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 22 ...

Then it planned to fight a decisive battle that would bloody American forces, forcing the U.S. to negotiate a peace and leave Japan's old order, the emperor and the military government ...

The time and effort invested in Japan’s quest to win Europe’s greatest ... may finally be rewarded with Shin Emperor, the brother of 2020 Arc winner Sottsass. Third in the Group One Tokyo ...

Q: Are you suggesting that the emperor framework introduced democracy to Japan but simultaneously hindered ... to give any advice as to whether the current imperial system should be abolished ...