Wednesday is the 83rd anniversary of the Battle of Midway, which turned the tide against the Japanese during World War II, ...

By Damian Flanagan There is a curious historical footnote that tends to be forgotten about the Japanese imperial expansion of ...

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

Tokyo, June 4 (Jiji Press)--Japanese ruling and opposition parties are highly likely to postpone a decision on ways to secure ...

Mako Komuro, the former princess of Japan, has secretly welcomed her first child with husband Kei Komuro. Mako gave up her ...

Around two-thirds of people in Japan have an interest in the Imperial Family, while 70% favor allowing women to inherit the ...

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

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

The daughter of Prince Fumihito, Emperor Naruhito's brother, left her native country and the royal institution almost four ...

The photographer, Minosuke Imamura, only spent a year in Taiwan as a cartographer for the governor-general’s office, but he ...

Japan’s Imperial House Law, which stipulates the line of succession and other matters related to the imperial family, states that a female member who marries anybody other than a member of the ...

Mako Komuro, Crown Prince Fumihito's eldest daughter who married out of the imperial family, gave birth to her first child, ...