Princess Mikasa, the oldest member of Japan's royal family and great aunt to the emperor, died aged 101 on Friday in a Tokyo ...

Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of the Japanese Imperial Family, passed away on Friday, November 15 at age 101.

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the oldest member of Japan's imperial family, passed away at 101. She died due to old age, possibly pneumonia, after a year marked by health challenges, including a stroke.

Tokyo, Nov. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako ... The ceremony, held for the first time since November 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, was also attended by Crown ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended ... held in the place where the first event took place." It is the second time for the annual event to be held in Oita Prefecture.

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito’s brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has ...

Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu will be the first leader of an industrialized ... it will leave a bitter aftertaste in the Japan-South Korea relationship. With the emperor scheduled to visit ...

According to records of the Equine Cultural Affairs Foundation of Japan, Emperor Meiji rode a horse for the first time when he was 16. Emperor Taisho tried riding a horse at the Aoyama Imperial ...

A royal food taster's job was to taste-test food for the rich and powerful to ensure it wasn't poisoned. But this job wasn't ...

Ishiba Shigeru has been re-elected Prime Minister of Japan, following a runoff vote in the Diet's Lower House, the first of ...

Japan’s beloved former Empress Michiko received ... officials said. Michiko is the first commoner to become empress in modern Japanese history. Catholic-educated Michiko Shoda and then-Crown ...

Michiko is the first commoner to become empress in modern ... In this photo provided by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan, its Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko pose ...