shows Empress Sadako visiting Ise Jingu shrine to pray for her husband’s recovery as well as a newlywed in Kyoto who later became Emperor Hirohito. The black-and-white silent footage found at ...

Only the sons of royal fathers can become emperor in Japan. The rule has prompted questions of succession within the ancient imperial family, with Emperor Naruhito's heir apparent just a few years ...

The imperial family, like so many families, has its fair share of problems. But in this case, its very survival in its ...

Ulaanbaatar, January 31, 2025 /MONTSAME/. At the invitation of President of Mongolia H.E. Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan Naruhito (the 126th Emperor of Japan), and Her Majesty the ...

Japan demanded that the committee withdraw its recommendation, saying that the right to succeed the throne was unrelated to human rights and gender discrimination. Only the sons of royal fathers can ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are planning to make an official weeklong visit to Mongolia in early July, government sources said Thursday. The trip will be the imperial couple's third official ...

Perhaps it was. I later really wanted to move to Japan — where I now live — to work. One of the visa requirements was that you have a university degree. Without following my parents' advice ...

The unusual step comes in response to a report published in October by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, or CEDAW, urging Japan to revise the male-only succession rule ...

Although Tiberius began his reign as the second emperor of Rome as a competent, acclaimed military commander, his time as one of the most powerful leaders in the world ended in estrangement and ...