June 25 (UPI) --The emperor and empress of Japan were in Britain Tuesday for a long-awaited state visit that was originally dated to take place four years ago. Emperor Naruhito of Japan and his ...
He sat down in front of a TV camera and spoke directly to the Japanese people. Two weeks later, the emperor and empress arrived at an evacuation centre in a stadium outside Tokyo. People were ...
The emperor’s eight-tonne throne is called “Takamikura”, while the empress’s smaller “august ... presence of the “sacred treasures”. Japanese mythology has it that the sun goddess ...
The Imperial Household Agency is considering visits by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Okinawa prefectures next year to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World ...
Japan's Emperor Naruhito said he is praying ... the palace grounds after the main gate opened at 9:30 a.m. Empress Masako, Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, and others stood ...
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 ...