The key ceremony marking his enthronement, "Sokuirei-Seiden-no-gi," took place at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo ... ceremonies were changed after World War II to underscore the Emperor's new ...

Every August, Japanese media outlets offer specials on World War II and accounts of survivors ... including a crowd kneeling in front of the Imperial Palace, were written as if the reporters ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the ...

The holiday illumination event has begun at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The lights were switched on at 5 p.m. Monday at locations including Nijubashi Bridge, Ote-mon Gate and Tatsumi-yagura turret.

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about how the Japanese Emperor spends the first days of ...

Tokyo — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family ... months before the start of World War II. She has recounted ...

A street that crosses through the Imperial Palace in Tokyo will be open to the public for cherry blossom viewing for the first time in four years from March 25 to April 2, the Imperial Household ...

You'd think the Imperial Palace would be mobbed with tourists, but it's not. You can credit the lack of crowds to an application policy, which limits the number of visitors. That's because the ...

TOKYO — Japan ... Historically, World War II was fought in the name of Naruhito's grandfather Hirohito. Over the decades since Japan's defeat in 1945, the Imperial Family has advocated peace.

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai ...