The official Instagram account of the Imperial Household Agency reached 2 million followers on the morning of July 3, with ...

Amid shared concerns about China's coercive tactics over critical minerals, the Quad grouping announced an ambitious ...

Ginza Diamond Shiraishi, the distinguished Japanese bridal jewellery brand, continues its mission to offer meticulously ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has announced plans to honor Japanese World War II prisoners during his visit to Mongolia next week.

During World War II, an entire island in the Seto Inland Sea vanished from the map. It didn’t sink into the sea — rather, ...

A Chinese naval drill near Japan has sparked concern from Tokyo, which in recent days lodged a protest with Beijing and made the rare decision to publicly disclose Chinese military movements.

Japan’s imperial family is the world’s oldest monarchy — but it’s also one of the most fragile. With only three heirs, no reigning empress allowed and billions of yen in taxpayer funding at stake, the ...

Japan’s parliament has failed to reach common ground on a revision of imperial family norms as a succession crisis looms over the future of the household. Since last year, Lower House speaker ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will begin a two-day visit to Hiroshima on Thursday, as 2025 marks 80 years since the end of World War Two. The trip will be the Imperial couple's first ...

HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) -- Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Thursday renewed their hope for peace as they visited Hiroshima to pay their respe ...

A special plane carrying the imperial couple left Tokyo's Haneda Airport in the morning and arrived in Hiroshima for their first visit to the prefecture since the emperor's enthronement in 2019.