Negotiations for the first Japanese emperor to visit China in ... China repeatedly requested that Emperor Akihito visit after he ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989. Diplomatic documents ...

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A series of farewell rites and events has begun for Japan's Princess Mikasa, who passed away on Friday. She was the widow of ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito turned 88 on Dec. 23, a milestone birthday, making him the longest living emperor in recorded history in Japan. The Imperial Household Agency says that he is healthy and ...

Princess Yuriko was the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family. She died on ...

This Friday, November 15, 2024, will go down as one of the darkest days in Japan's history. Princess Yuriko, the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s beloved former Empress Michiko ... according to the Imperial Household Agency. Former Emperor Akihito has been concerned about Michiko’s physical strength and asking ...

Japan’s Princess Yuriko died on Friday morning at the age of 101, a spokesman for the Imperial Household Agency said. The ...

The emperor and empress later moved to the city of Beppu and released young marbled flounder and red sea bream into the sea ...