Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Friday she opposes changing the imperial family's male-only succession rules, ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito has expressed concern about the scars that remain for survivors of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and ...

TOKYO - The Imperial Palace in Tokyo can now be visited without reservations, as more facilities related to the Imperial family, including the Kyoto Imperial Palace, are being opened to the public and ...

Emperor Naruhito, joined by Empress Masako and other imperial family members, greeted well-wishers from the balcony of the Imperial Palace on Jan. 2 and offered words of encouragement for the new year ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan ‘s Imperial palace said Thursday that it has fired an employee for stealing cash totaling 3.6 million yen ($24,900) from Emperor Naruhito and his family over more than a year. The ...

Didn’t receive an invitation to this week’s abdication ceremony of Japanese Emperor Akihito on May 30 or the coronation of his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, on May 1? The good news is you can join the ...

The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo has launched Collection Tour "Explore with Us," an English-language guide tour, to help visitors get more out of its collection. The museum is also scheduled ...

TOKYO — A mother's love and a yearning for peace flowed from Japanese Empress Masako's poem, read Friday at an annual celebration of poetry at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. The poem sings of how ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan 's Imperial palace said Thursday that it has fired an employee for stealing cash totaling 3.6 million yen ($24,900) from Emperor Naruhito and his family over more than a year. The ...