The Urakami Cathedral is seen in Nagasaki, southern Japan, Saturday, April 26, 2025. A view of the city is seen in Nagasaki, ...

THE shrinking number of Japan’s imperial family members is a grave problem for the country. As things stand, only three members are eligible to ascend to the Chrysanthemum Throne, and unease ...

TOKYO — 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.

To many in neighbouring Asian countries, the legacy these Osaka Imperial Army and Navy re-enactors are trying to preserve is controversial, offensive and even sinister. In Germany, such activities ...

(Photo: Kyodo/via REUTERS) TOKYO: Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the second in line to become emperor, is the imperial family's last hope for its long-term survival. Hisahito, who turned 18 last ...

Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change its male-only imperial succession rules. Chief cabinet secretary ...

TOKYO -- Behind-the-scenes photos of the Japanese Imperial Family tend to get many "likes" on the Imperial Household Agency's official Instagram account, as the agency seeks to engage with the ...

Working together to share military secrets and intelligence, Imperial Japan would benefit greatly from their collaboration with Hitler's Germany. In particular, the Japanese took a great interest ...

Princess Yuriko Mikasa of Japan in Tokyo, Japan on June 1, 2010. On Nov. 15, 2024, the Imperial Household Agency announced that Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the imperial family ...

On a larger scale, the royal’s death brings Japan’s “rapidly dwindling” Imperial family to just 16 people, CNN reported, “as the country faces the dilemma of how to maintain the royal ...

Tokyo (AP) — Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace ...