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Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, ...

in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday (Jan 1). In the morning, Imperial family members, including Crown Prince Akishino, the younger brother of the Emperor, and his wife ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

as they gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo TOKYO -- Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted New Year’s well-wishers who gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Thursday morning. (AP Video by Mayuko Ono) ...

Those drones give ground troops a better view of the immediate area. The prototype delivered to the Army in December is focused on the bigger picture, enabling commanders to “maintain dominance ...

Near the end of every year, I look back through the many thousands of news photos taken in the previous ... (Ben Stansall / AFP / Getty) An aerial view of the cargo vessel Dali, seen after it ...

"I'm concerned about the suffering of many people who are still living a difficult life," the Emperor said in his New Year's address to a crowd of people gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.

Space can be a wondrous place, and we've got the pictures to prove it ... in orbit as NASA astronaut Nick Hague captured this view of the twilight just ahead of sunrise on Christmas morning ...