(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako ... Dressed in black, the imperial couple visited three memorials on the island. Relatives of the fallen watched on in the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Emperor Naruhito composed a poem about the aspirations of children he has met around Japan for the annual New Year Poetry Reading at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 22. The event’s theme th ...

That's because the Imperial Palace is home to the Emperor of Japan and his immediate family. And before that, it was the residence for some of Japan's most important figures, including Emperor ...