A recent NHK survey among 1,269 people who experienced the Kobe quake showed that over 60 percent of respondents think ...

A recent NHK survey among 1,269 people who experienced the Kobe quake showed that over 60 percent of respondents think "the .

Ariana Grande has been doing the press circuit all weekend long, wearing a Louis Vuitton bubble dress and vintage Chanel midi dress in Palm Springs, California, on Friday and Saturday. Tonight ...

Japan has allocated 8.1 billion yen ($51 million) for fiscal 2025 to provide defense equipment to the armed forces of like-minded nations, marking a more than 60 percent increase from the previous ...

(AP Video by Mayuko Ono) Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko, from left, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Princess Aiko, Crown Prince Akishino, Crown Princess Kiko and Princess ...

Under clear skies, more than 13,000 people entered the palace grounds after the main gate opened at 9:30 a.m. Empress Masako, Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, and others stood ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai ...

and the first state visit to Britain by a sitting emperor since his father Akihito's in 1998. With 2025 marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the emperor touched on the "tireless ...

Emperor Naruhito, in his New Year's thoughts released through the Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday, expressed hope for world peace the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II is marked ...

In 1995, the 50th year since the end of the war, then-Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko made a "memorial tour" of the three prefectures and the Tokyo memorial hall. They visited Saipan in 2005 ...

As this policy has been enforced since the emperor’s predecessor, Emperor Akihito, and his wife, Empress Michiko, today’s ruler of the Imperial House of Japan, Emperor Naruhito, and Empress Masako don ...