Emperor Naruhito stood alongside his wife, Empress Masako, as he spoke at the Imperial Palace Japan's Emperor Naruhito has pledged to fulfil his role as a "symbol of the state and unity", in his ...

Emperor Naruhito leads Japan into a new era Emperor Akihito's human touch Empress Masako: A private with public life Your questions on Japan's emperors answered But his son Akihito, who abdicated ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plan to face up to Japan’s wartime history on their visit to Indonesia, a country Japan occupied for more than three years until its defeat in World War II in ...

The emperor does not have political power but he carries symbolic significance for Japan and is fairly popular. Naruhito’s father abdicated in 2019. Hirohito, the wartime emperor, was Naruhito ...

Emperor Naruhito of Japan made a poignant speech to families of victims of the deadly earthquake which struck the nation last month - as he and his family stepped out on the balcony of the ...

A recent state visit by Emperor Naruhito recalls the long history of ... the need for amnesty in the criminal justice system. As Japan celebrates a new Emperor and imperial era, the male-only ...

At the tomb, Emperor Naruhito offered a tamagushi ritual offering and bowed deeply, as did Empress Masako after him.

Princess Yuriko became the sister-in-law of Japan's World War II-era Emperor Hirohito when she married his brother Prince ...

A recent state visit by Emperor Naruhito recalls the long history of monarch-to-monarch relations in Japanese and British foreign policy.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his wife Empress Masako have arrived in the UK ahead of their official state visit. The smiling ...

Princess Yuriko of Japan, the Imperial Family’s eldest member, died at 101 years old on Nov. 15 at a Tokyo hospital. Her ...

Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family to 16 people, and only 4 men, as the country faces questions ...