July 26 marks 80 years since the 1945 Potsdam Declaration, in which the United States, Britain and China called on Japan to ...

Mr Kamiya’s Sanseito party has also drafted a new Japanese constitution, which would restore some of the emperor’s political ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito began a weeklong visit to Mongolia on Sunday during which he plans to honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh conditions ...

Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan, Is Dead at 87. LEAD: Emperor Hirohito, the last of the World War II leaders and Japan's longest-reigning monarch, died today at the Imperial Palace. He was 87 ...

Although the Emperor of Japan didn't appear in the first two episodes of ShÅ gun, it would historically be Emperor Go-YÅ zei, the 107th Emperor of Japan.Emperor Go-YÅ zei was the eldest son of ...

Lee said the emperor would have to go beyond a previous expression of “deepest regrets” for Japan’s 35-year occupation of Korea. That’s not going to happen.

Japan's Emperor and Empress, now visiting Mongolia, have attended the opening ceremony of the Naadam traditional sports ...

Sayako, Emperor Naruhito's sister, married a commoner and thus left the imperial household in 2005. Today, Princess Aiko is 22 years old and continues her royal duties while working at the Red Cross .

Japan's Emperor Naruhito said Wednesday that he will honor thousands of Japanese prisoners of World War II who were held under harsh con ...

Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family to 16 people, and only 4 men, as the country faces questions about the future under a male-only succession law. By The Associated ...