(Photo courtesy of the Imperial Household Agency) (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Imperial Household Agency said Friday it will launch its official YouTube channel next month to showcase the ...

Japan's Imperial Household Agency will launch its official YouTube channel next month to showcase the activities of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako as well as other members of the imperial family.

However, supporters of the law worry doing so will dilute the imperial lineage when a female member of the family has a child with a commoner, according to The Japan Times. That sort of thinking ...

a scandal seen as damaging to the imperial family. The couple opted not to have a public wedding ceremony and left Japan to live in the United States.

TOKYO, Japan — Japan's ancient imperial family will launch a YouTube account next week, the government said Friday, in the latest attempt at public outreach by the tradition-bound monarchy. Last year ...

(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 ...

This in protest of the panel's recommendation to revise Japan’s male-only imperial succession law, the Foreign Ministry said on Jan. 29. Toshihiro Kitamura, press secretary at the Foreign ...