TOKYO, Japan - Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change its male-only imperial succession rules.

The Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwo Jima in ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled ...

KOBE (Kyodo) -- The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas ... Before Emperor Naruhito ascended the throne in 2019, then Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attended the ceremony hosted ...

Next morning, as the gates swung open, a crowd of 8,000 Japanese in ... It took the Emperor’s children to give the monarchy back its common touch. Crown Prince Akihito married the pretty and ...

The Prince of Wales visited Tokyo to celebrate British-Japanese connections. It is a momentous time for Japan. His Royal Highness attended Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement after his father, former ...

2 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed ... Masako and other members of the Imperial Family, including Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko. The New Year's greeting ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito said he is praying ... after the main gate opened at 9:30 a.m. Empress Masako, Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, and others stood at the palace balcony ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted New Year’s well-wishers who gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Thursday morning. (AP Video by Mayuko Ono) Are These Red Dye 3 Foods on ...

TOKYO,11th March, 2016 (WAM) -- Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other participants at a national ceremony in Tokyo bowed their heads as did many residents across the ...