People in Japan expressed sorrow Friday over the death of Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the imperial family and great-aunt of Emperor Naruhito, who died at a Tokyo hospital aged 101. Tributes ...

The Japan-China relationship would greatly improve if the emperor visited China next year (1992), which marks the 20th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations. (Europe is expected ...

Akihito and Michiko left the Fukiage Sento Palace in the Imperial Palace around 10 a.m. by car. Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Princess Aiko and Crown Prince Fumihito and their family saw them off.

Princess Yuriko, the eldest member of Japan's imperial family, died at 101 due to pneumonia, reducing royal family numbers. Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s ...

The vast majority of Japan’s public supports changing the law to allow her to remain a royal and become emperor, but conservatives in the governing party insist on keeping male-only succession.

It comes after Emperor Naruhito of Japan admitted his family is running out of heirs amid an ongoing crisis for the monarchy. Japan's strict laws of succession forbid women from ascending to the ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako visited Toshimagaoka Cemetery in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Wednesday to pay their respects at the grave of the late Princess Yuriko, the emperor's great-aunt.

TOKYO — Japan’s popular Princess Aiko turned 23 on Sunday, as she takes on more official duties even while her future in the imperial family remains in doubt. Aiko, the only child of Emperor ...

In a competitive event in Yokohama, the Honda Freed minivan triumphed over Mazda's CX-80 SUV to secure the 2024-2025 Japan Car of the Year award. Meanwhile, the Mini Cooper was honoured with the ...

Are all luxury models European? Japanese vehicles are no slouches either Introducing three luxury models from Toyota When you ...

In Japan today, the down-to-earth Honda Freed family-oriented minivan pipped the sleek Mazda CX-80 at the post to win the coveted Japan Car of the Year award. Triumphant for the first time in 14 ...

By Graham Bowley An ancient bronze thought to be a likeness of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus is to be reunited with its long lost torso after a Danish museum agreed that its sculpture of a ...