When Japan`s long ailing Emperor Hirohito died Saturday, the event triggered a torrent of questions, perceptions and debates about the 2,600-year-old institution the Japanese call Tennosei, the emp… ...

The last Japanese monarch to step down, Emperor Kokaku, did so in 1817 for unknown reasons, and before Japan became a democracy. There is simply no modern precedent for Akihito's decision.

Speaking ahead of a state visit to Britain next week with his wife Empress Masako, Emperor Naruhito, 64, made a rare comment about the crisis facing the imperial household.

A shop worker in Japan holds a sign on Monday with the phrase “Reiwa,” the name of the country’s new era. The new era is for Naruhito, who will on May 1 become Japan’s new emperor.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has paid respects to atomic bombing victims in Hiroshima as the city marks the 80th anniversary of ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have prayed for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II fought on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa 80 years ago.

Keith George and the Emperor of Japan met while both of them were studying at Oxford University's Merton College in 1983.. Naruhito and George became close friends while the then-crown prince ...

June 25 (UPI) --The emperor and empress of Japan were in Britain Tuesday for a long-awaited state visit that was originally dated to take place four years ago.Emperor Naruhito of Japan and his ...

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

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family have prayed for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II fought on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa 80 years ago.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have prayed for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II fought on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa 80 years ago ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his family prayed on Wednesday in Okinawa for all the war dead in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II that… ...