Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted a dinner on May 15 at the Imperial Palace for Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustaf, who ...

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It remains unclear when Japan’s royal house system will be revamped. Five unmarried female imperial members, including Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor ... the Imperial Palace and other ...

The Imperial Household Agency has launched virtual reality tours on its official website starting Wednesday, providing 360 ...

This is the second installment in a three-part series about what roles women born into the Imperial family should play in the ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito has been diagnosed with silent myocardial ischemia, an asymptomatic condition where blood flow from the coronary arteries to the heart muscle is reduced due to excessive ...

The agency also noted that Akihito continues to stay up to date on events within Japan and abroad. On his birthday, Akihito is scheduled to receive congratulations from Emperor Naruhito and ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito was discharged from a Tokyo hospital ... He stepped down from the Chrysanthemum Throne in April 2019, becoming the first Japanese monarch to abdicate in around 200 years.

TOKYO — Eighty-five years after his ticket was first issued for a similar event, a man was allowed to use it at this year's ...