China repeatedly requested that Emperor Akihito visit after he ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989. Diplomatic documents released by the Foreign Ministry on Dec. 20 stated that on Dec. 17 ...

Emperor Akihito visited China in October 1992. A Japanese emperor has yet to set foot in South Korea. (This article was written by Naotaka Fujita, a senior staff writer, and Nen Satomi.) ...

THE nation got a new highly eligible bachelor yesterday as Prince Hisahito, the imperial family’s last hope for long-term ...

The same rule does not apply to male members of the family, however, with Emperor Naruhito’s father Akihito, 90, having wed Michiko, 89, the daughter of a flour magnate whom he met on a tennis ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, now on a summer break in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, visited the Ohinata settlement in the highland resort town on Friday. Since he was ...

Emperor Akihito became Japan’s first monarch in more than two centuries to abdicate. His eldest son, Crown Prince Naruhito, will take on the symbolic role. By The Associated Press The survival ...

Akihito, who abdicated in 2019 due to his age and poor health ... only showing the activities of the current emperor, his wife, and daughter. Lawmakers in May began discussing possible relaxations to ...

Japan welcomed a new highly eligible bachelor on Friday as Prince Hisahito, the imperial family's last hope for long-term survival unless the rules are changed to allow female succession, turned 18.

Akihito, who abdicated in 2019 due to his age ... only showing the activities of the current emperor, his wife, and daughter.