Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have visited Okinawa to pray for the war dead ahead of the 80th anniversary marking ...

Here, see photos of Akihito throughout his life—from childhood to present-day. In this photo from the late 1930s or early 1940s, Emperor Hirohito appears with four of his children: Prince ...

But in unusually somber comments of his own, Akihito appealed for future generations to learn from the war-marred reign of his father, the late Emperor Hirohito. In a rare news conference before ...

The condition reduces blood flow to the heart muscle. Akihito, who ascended to the throne after his father, Hirohito, died in 1989, became the first Japanese monarch in 200 years to abdicate his post.

In 2019, Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese emperor to abdicate the Chrysanthemum Throne in over two centuries. He presided over a very transitory time in Japanese royal history—the role of his ...