Tokyo, Japan, Apr. 18, 1964: Crown Princess Michiko addresses a corps of collegiate interpreters who volunteered for the 1964 Paralympic Games in Tokyo at the Japan Red Cross Auditorium. The Tokyo ...

Crown Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko hold Prince Hiro's hand as they walk on the beach in Japan in the summery month of June. Naruhito wears a white hat—both functional and adorable. 1963 ...

Michiko is the first commoner to become empress in modern Japanese history. Catholic-educated Michiko Shoda and then-Crown Prince Akihito married on April 10, 1959, after what is known as their ...

The infant, when confirmed, will be the first great-grandchild of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. Mako Komuro is the eldest child of Crown Princess Kiko and Crown Prince Fumihito (Prince ...

The youngest child and only son of the crown prince and princess of Japan, Prince Hisahito of Akishino, is second in the line of succession. He was born on Sept. 6, 2006, in Tokyo.

Tokyo, April 10, 1961: Princess Michiko admires a fountain built in front of the Tokyo Imperial Palace in honor of her second wedding anniversary. Shigeo Mizuno (right), president of the Sankei ...

Princess Sayako of Japan has said her formal farewells to the imperial family ahead of her wedding to a commoner. Wearing a 12-layered ceremonial kimono, she also paid her respects at the shrines of ...