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Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, meet with survivors of the war as they visit the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum in Itoman on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2025
Imperial family mourns WWII victims in two-day visit to Okinawa
The visit was Princess Aiko's first to Okinawa, which reflected the imperial couple's wish that memories of the war be passed onto the next generation.
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, depart from Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Wednesday for Okinawa to mourn those killed in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II 80 years ago.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2025
Emperor's family arrives in Okinawa
On Thursday, the family will offer flowers at a monument in Naha for the victims of the Tsushima Maru evacuation ship.
Emperor Naruhito plants seedling at the 75th National Tree-Planting Festival at Chichibu Muse Park in Saitama Prefecture on Sunday.
JAPAN
May 25, 2025
Emperor attends tree-planting festival and calls for nurturing healthy forests
The emperor arrived in Saitama on Saturday for a two-day visit, where he inspected a research institute on tea, a local specialty, and a special-needs school.
Hiroshima Victims Memorial Cenotaph in the Peace Memorial Park
JAPAN
May 20, 2025
Japan's emperor and empress to visit Hiroshima in June
The imperial couple will visit the city of Hiroshima to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing.
Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 91, rides in a car with Empress Emerita Michiko, 90, after he was discharged from the University of Tokyo Hospital on Saturday following an examination for suspected myocardial ischemia.
JAPAN
May 11, 2025
Emperor emeritus diagnosed with silent myocardial ischemia
Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 91, was diagnosed with the condition where blood flow from the coronary arteries to the heart muscle is reduced due to excessive exercise.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako arrive to greet guests at a spring garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Garden in Tokyo on April 22.
JAPAN
May 7, 2025
Emperor's family to visit Okinawa in June
During the trip, they will pray for the more than 200,000 people who lost their lives eight decades ago in the Battle of Okinawa.
Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko stroll in the garden of Nikko Tamozawa Imperial Villa Memorial Park in the city of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, on May 28, 2024.
JAPAN
May 6, 2025
Emperor emeritus is hospitalized for a heart exam
In July 2022, the emperor emeritus was diagnosed with right heart failure caused by tricuspid valve insufficiency.
Emperor Emeritus Akihito with Empress Emerita Michiko during a public appearance at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Jan. 2
JAPAN
May 5, 2025
Emperor emeritus to be hospitalized for heart tests
The former emperor has been diagnosed with a high probability of myocardial ischemia, which occurs when blood flow to the heart is insufficient.
An employee at the Imperial Household Agency who allegedly stole ¥3.6 million set aside for personal expenses for Emperor Naruhito and his family admitted that the money was used to make a living.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 2, 2025
Employee steals ¥3.6 million from imperial family funds
The chamberlain committed the theft on several occasions between November 2023 and March this year.
Crown Prince Akishino attends the memorial mass for Pope Francis at St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2025
Japan crown prince attends memorial mass for Pope Francis
The mass, hosted by the Apostolic Nunciature to Japan, was attended by about 1,000 people, including U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako host a garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2025
Imperial couple hosts spring garden party
The imperial couple and other members of the imperial family spoke with some 1,400 guests.
While taking refuge on Mount Kasagi from the shogunate’s forces, Emperor Go-Daigo had a prophetic dream that eventually led him to secure the support of military strategist Kusunoki Masashige.
JAPAN / History / The Living Past
Apr 19, 2025
‘I scud before the autumn wind’: Emperor Go-Daigo’s fall from grace
The “Masukagami,” a 14th-century historical chronicle, offers a wrenching account of the emperor’s struggle for power — and eventual downfall.
Emperor Naruhito speaks during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Osaka Expo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2025
Emperor meets with Turkmenistan president
The meeting followed the president's attendance in Turkmenistan's national day event Monday at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.
The opening ceremony for the Osaka Expo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2025
Ishiba warns of divided world at futuristic Osaka Expo opening ceremony
"Having overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, the world now faces the crisis over many different divisions," Ishiba told the opening ceremony.
Emperor Naruhito (left) and Empress Masako during the spring garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on April 23, 2024. The imperial couple are hosting this year's party on April 22 in which invitees include manga artist Tetsuya Chiba.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2025
Manga artist Tetsuya Chiba among invitees to imperial party
Some 1,800 people are invited to the spring party that Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will host at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on April 22.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako lay flowers at the Iwoto Islander Peace Cemetery Park on Iwo Jima on Monday.
JAPAN
Apr 7, 2025
Emperor and empress visit Iwo Jima battlefield to pay respects to war dead
Monday's trip to the island is the first by an emperor and an empress since the current Emperor Emeritus Akihito's and Empress Emerita Michiko's visit in 1994.
A conceptual image of the official YouTube channel screen to be operated by the Imperial Household Agency starting April 1
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2025
Japan's imperial family to start YouTube account
The channel, which goes live on Tuesday, follows the imperial family's social media debut last year on Instagram, which now has nearly 2 million followers.
After multiple failed attempts, Emperor Go-Daigo (1288-1339) and his loyalists overthrew the Kamakura shogunate and restored imperial power — for a time.
JAPAN / History / The Living Past
Mar 15, 2025
Divine authority and mortal desires in the turbulent 14th century
The literary monk Kenko yearned for an “uncontaminated world,” even during the tumultuous rule of Emperor Go-Daigo, who toppled the shogunate and consolidated imperial power.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako greet people gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Sunday to celebrate the emperor's 65th birthday that day.
JAPAN
Feb 24, 2025
Over 20,000 visit the Imperial Palace for the emperor's 65th birthday
A total of 23,019 people visited the Imperial Palace on the day, according to the Imperial Household Agency.
Emperor Naruhito speaks to reporters on Thursday. He turned 65 on Sunday.
JAPAN
Feb 23, 2025
Emperor turns 65, renewing wish for peace 80 years after end of WWII
At a news conference held at the Imperial Palace ahead of his 65th birthday, the emperor said he is grateful that Japan has been without war for 80 years.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University. U.S. President Donald Trump has barred Harvard from accepting international students, prompting Japanese universities to offer support.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Victims mourned 17 years after Akihabara indiscriminate attack
A mourner prays for the victims of a stabbing rampage on a street in Tokyo's Akihabara district on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
‘Kokuho’ finds riveting drama on and off the kabuki stage
Lee Sang-il’s "Kokuho" stars Ryo Yoshizawa as an orphan from a yakuza clan who rises through the world of kabuki to become a star performer.
Junto Nakatani remains on collision course with Naoya Inoue after latest win
Junto Nakatani celebrates after defeating Ryosuke Nishida to unify the WBC and IBF bantamweight titles at Ariake Coliseum on Sunday.
At a mountainside shrine, yuzu candy made by imperial decree
Descendents of the original "Gonin Byakushō" families are the only vendors allowed inside the gates of Kotohira Shrine, where they sell "kamiyoame," a golden-hued, yuzu-flavored candy meant for good fortune.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.

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