Lee Won, a descendent of the Daehan Empire’s ruling family, was speechless. Not long after, tears ran down his face. On Feb. 5, Lee - also the president of the Imperial Household Culture Center - was ...

A photo of Princess Kako of Japan is being widely circulated on social media, showing her sleeping on an economy flight to ...

Indeed, Japan's Imperial Household Agency has steadfastly refused to let archeologists excavate any of the 230 tombs now recognized as belonging to past emperors and empresses, arguing that they ...

Unofficially, the Imperial Household Agency – the power behind Japan’s Chrysanthemum Throne – has stepped in after a rash of media reports alleging the mother of Komuro, a commoner who works ...

The Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday unveiled its renewed website, which is also optimized for smartphones. The number of links on the front page has been reduced to three to make it easier ...

The Imperial Household embraces the digital era with a revamped website featuring immersive views of the Imperial Palace and updated royal profiles.

The secretive Imperial Household Agency has until now refused to let the public, and even scholars, enter the old tombs, saying the spirits of past emperors should not be disturbed.

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said. She ...

Princess Yuriko of Japan, the Imperial Family’s eldest member, died at 101 years old on Nov. 15 at a Tokyo hospital. Her health had taken a sharp decline after a stroke and pneumonia in March of ...