Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the second in line to the throne, held a debut news conference on Monday, telling reporters he would ...
Japan’s Prince Hisahito, the second in line to the throne, held a debut news conference on Monday, telling reporters he would ...
The prince is the youngest of the 16-member all-adult imperial family and one of only five men, including former Emperor ...
Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visited Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo on the morning of February ...
China repeatedly requested that Emperor Akihito visit after he ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989. Diplomatic documents released by the Foreign Ministry on Dec. 20 stated that on Dec. 17 ...
Emperor Akihito visited China in October 1992. A Japanese emperor has yet to set foot in South Korea. (This article was written by Naotaka Fujita, a senior staff writer, and Nen Satomi.) ...
Prior to Akihito, the last emperor to abdicate was Emperor Kokaku in 1817 in the later part of the Edo Period, and the royal male line is unbroken, records show, for at least 14 centuries.