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.) ...

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 ...

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the ...

A: It even can be said of the emperor in the Heisei Era (1989-2019). Emperor Emeritus Akihito (who reigned as emperor during the era) took democracy more seriously than politicians did ...

Members of the houses of Prince Mikasa and Prince Takamado did not attend the reception because Princess Yuriko, widow of Prince Mikasa and aunt of Emperor Emeritus Akihito, died at the age of 101 ...

However, Naruhito will not become emperor of Japan until the stroke of midnight and he will “inherit” the regalia at a second ceremony on Wednesday at 10.30am Japan's Emperor Akihito prepared ...

former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko, also visited Iwoto Island to mourn the war dead in 1994, the year before the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims of the fierce fighting in the closing stages of World War II 80 years ago, a source ...

In January 2016, 60 years after the diplomatic normalization, the emperor and empress of Japan visited Manila. Akihito, now emperor emeritus, mentioned that many Filipino lives were lost during ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko visited Iwoto in February 1994, a year before the 50th anniversary of the end of the war. On the island, they visited the Tenzan Ireihi ...

Before Emperor Naruhito ascended the throne in 2019, then Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko attended the ceremony hosted mainly by Hyogo Prefecture every 10 years since the quake. In Photos ...

Catherine, Princess of Wales, is renowned for her impeccable fashion sense, but it's the thoughtful details that set her ...