A one-off Toyota Century convertible will be used to take Naruhito along the parade route and to the location of the ceremony. His predecessor, Emperor Akihito, showed up to his coronation in a ...

Never mind that Akihito's personal car is a 1991 Integra sedan; the Century has been built to the specifications of the Japanese royal family since the first one was built in 1967.

Emperor Akihito renewed his driver’s license Friday for what he has said would be the last time, after receiving the required lecture for elderly drivers at the imperial palace in Tokyo.

As the car slipped by, for a few brief moments, we could see Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko leaning forward waving gently. A ripple of applause and waving of plastic flags from the crowd, and ...

Japanese architect Akihito Fumita has designed the Nissan Grandrive event hall in Yokosuka City, Kanagawa as part of a renovation of the car maker's test facilities.

Akihito, a lonely child raised by chamberlains and nursemaids since age 3, ... Her husband had died in a car accident, and some thought the tragedy might help her understand Japan’s sorrow.