Japanese lawmakers are close to a breakthrough that will ensure the years of strife and panic that plagued the Imperial ...

The royal’s health had deteriorated recently following a stroke and pneumonia earlier this year The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Princess Yuriko of Japan, who was the oldest member of the Japanese ...

Tokyo, June 6 (Jiji Press)--The leaders of Japan's two parliamentary chambers Friday confirmed that discussions on proposed ...

TOKYO -- TOKYO (AP) — Former Japanese princess Mako Komuro has given birth to her first child, palace officials confirmed ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko has died aged 101 ... party insist on retaining male-only succession. The 1947 Imperial House Law, which largely preserves conservative pre-war family values, allows ...

Being a woman born into the country's Imperial House isn't an entirely enviable role; a Japanese princess can currently never be Empress and must lose her royal title if she chooses to wed a commoner.

Japan's Emperor and Empress, along with their daughter, have offered condolences to the souls of people who died in the ...

Her death reduces Japan’s rapidly dwindling imperial family ... party insist on retaining male-only succession. The 1947 Imperial House Law, which largely preserves conservative prewar values ...

Related: Meet the Japanese Royal Family: All About the Imperial House of Japan In addition to keeping her body physically fit ...

Princess Yuriko of Japan, who was the oldest member of the Japanese Imperial Family, has died at 101 years old. Princess Yuriko — the wife of Emperor Hirohito’s brother — died at a Tokyo ...