Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako, along with other members of the Imperial family, conversed with guests at an Imperial garden party in Tokyo. The garden party is held twice a year ...

It is the first time in more than 200 years that a living Japanese Emperor will hand over the throne. And it brings to a close an era that redefined the Imperial role. Emperor Akihito took the ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Monday paid their respects to the war dead on Ioto Island in the Pacific, the site of ...

For 2,000 years Japan had never been defeated ... The invaders who made it to shore would face Imperial Army divisions expected, as always, to fight to the last man. Civilians were recruited ...

The abdication of Emperor Akihito has reignited debate on Japan's male-only succession rule. The BBC's Mariko Oi explains how the future of Japan's imperial family, one of the oldest in the world ...

January 20, 1945 The Japanese emperor, Hirohito ... the Army encounters stiff resistance at Kakazu Ridge, the Imperial Army's first defensive line. The battle reveals the Japanese have developed ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- As Japan's Emperor Naruhito travels ... after seeing the horrors of war once again," the Imperial Household Agency reported Emperor Naruhito as telling an aide after the visit.

Tokyo, April 22 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako hosted a spring garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Tuesday, with guests including ...

IWO-TO, Japan (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II's bloodiest battles.