At the tomb, Emperor Naruhito offered a tamagushi ritual offering and bowed deeply, as did Empress Masako after him.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrived at the residence of Prince and Princess Mikasa at the Akasaka Estate in the Japanese capital on Saturday afternoon. Emperor Emeritus Akihito and ...
Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has ...
Princess Aiko, daughter of Emperor Naruhito, turns 23 as she takes on more official duties amidst uncertainty over her future in Japan's imperial family. Aiko must renounce her royal status if she ...
Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family to 16 people, and only 4 men, as the country faces questions ...
Crown Prince Fumihito, the younger brother of Emperor Naruhito, said ahead of his 59th birthday on Saturday that the opinions of female royal members must be heard as lawmakers consider allowing them ...
Next week, Catherine, Princess of Wales is set to make her biggest return to royal duties since revealing that she had ...
The Queen is suffering from significantly diminished reserves of energy after falling ill with a chest infection several weeks ago.
Born in 1923 as an aristocrat, Yuriko married at age 18 to Prince Mikasa, the younger brother of Hirohito and the great-uncle of current Emperor Naruhito, months before the start of World War II.
The Imperial Household Agency on Monday announced details of a New Year's greetings event by the imperial family, which will ...