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

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

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

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 ...

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

China is a country of remarkable history, cultural depth and rapid transformation. Its vast landscapes, centuries-old ...

The word evangelical now has an uneasy association with American nationalism, an association that has been brewing since ...

Papal conclaves have featured calls of election fraud and bribery so gauche that riches were wheeled in on donkey carts.

Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito will be admitted to hospital for heart tests on Tuesday, public broadcaster NHK reported, ...

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Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko greet well-wishers through a bullet-proof glass from a balcony ...

Sam Abell said he doesn’t exactly seek out danger, but he’s learned that it’s often there, right beside the kind of strange ...