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

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

In May, he visited Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, as part of a trip to revisit places he had evacuated to during World War II. At the former ... lab within the Imperial Palace. He is currently working ...

Tokyo has captured the imagination of countless creatives throughout history, from Anthony Bourdain (who said if he had to ...

including the World War II, after a gathering in Tokyo on Saturday. Japanese lawyer Keiichiro Ichinose, founder of the civil group, told the Global Times on Monday, "I believe that if we work with ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito marked his 91st birthday on Monday, as he continues to pursue his lifetime research into goby fish, care for his wife and pray for peace.

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family ... before the start of World War II. She has recounted ...

Princess Yuriko — the wife of Emperor Hirohito’s brother — died at a Tokyo hospital on Friday, Nov. 15 after her health deteriorated recently, the Imperial Household Agency told CNN.

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 ...

It is a ceremony where newly appointed ambassadors present their credentials to the emperor, making a round trip between the Imperial Palace and ... the end of World War II, there was one time ...