The new emperor took the throne earlier this year after his father ... On the points of the octagonal roof sit golden phoenixes, with another larger version of the bird atop the roof’s peak.

Installed as Crown Prince at the age of fifteen, Hirohito assumed the "Chrysanthemum Throne" in 1926 with the death of his father, the Emperor Yoshihito (now known as the Taisho Emperor ...

The terra-cotta army, as it is known, is part of an elaborate mausoleum created to accompany the first emperor of China into the afterlife, according to archaeologists. Ying Zheng took the throne ...

Vespasian’s eldest son, Titus, was already a successful politician and general before his father became emperor ... encouraged his father to claim the throne. When Vespasian left Judaea to ...

Japan's Emperor Akihito has declared his abdication ... His son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will ascend the Chrysanthemum throne on Wednesday, beginning a new era. South Korea's constitutional ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito formally proclaimed his ascendancy to the throne on Tuesday in a centuries-old ceremony attended by dignitaries from more than 180 countries, pledging to fulfil his duty ...