Japan's new Emperor is the first to be born in the postwar period ... And the Prince took an internationally active wife. Empress Masako is a Harvard graduate who became a diplomat, like her ...

She was the first commoner to marry into the Japanese Imperial Family. As crown princess and later as empress consort, she has become the most visible and widely-travelled imperial consort in ...

Empress Masako attended the Japanese Red Cross Society’s national convention in Tokyo on May 19 for the first time in three years. This was the empress's first solo official duty outside of the ...

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, and Princess Aiko visited the “Monet: The Late Waterscapes” exhibition at the ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will likely visit Mongolia in July, the first trip to the country by a reigning imperial ...

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are likely to visit Mongolia in July, the first trip to the country by a reigning Imperial couple, people familiar with ...