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EMPEROR NARUHITO

Emperor Naruhito delivers a speech at the Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto on Sunday.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2025
Emperor makes speech in English at international forum in Kyoto
The emperor said that there are a host of challenging issues related to AI that "require careful, thoughtful deliberation."
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako talk to students at a school for people with visual impairment in Shiga Prefecture on Monday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2025
Emperor and empress visit school for low-vision people
The school is the prefecture's only institution specializing in education for students with low vision.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako greet British Prince Edward and his wife at the entrance of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2025
Japan's imperial couple host tea party for British Prince Edward and wife
Earlier on Friday, Prince Edward and his wife met with Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko at their residence in Tokyo's Minato Ward.
Emperor Naruhito delivers his address at the opening ceremony of the 40th National Cultural Festival and the 25th National Arts and Culture Festival for Persons with Disabilities, as Empress Masako looks on, in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 15, 2025
Emperor and empress attend opening ceremony of national cultural festivals
Emperor Naruhito expressed hopes that the events "will lead to the vitality needed to create new culture."
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter, Princess Aiko, offer flowers at a monument marking the hypocenter of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki in Nagasaki Peace Park on Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2025
Emperor Naruhito and family pay their respects in Nagasaki
The family is slated to meet with people living in a special elderly nursing home for atomic bomb survivors on Saturday.
Prince Hisahito concludes his elaborate "kakan no gi" coming-of-age ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2025
Japan prince comes of age as succession crisis looms
The nephew of Emperor Naruhito, Prince Hisahito, on Saturday received a black silk and lacquer crown at the ceremony, which marks the beginning of his royal adult life.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako met two former residents of Iwo Jima on Tuesday at the Nasu Imperial Villa in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture.
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2025
Emperor and empress meet former Iwo Jima residents
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako met two former residents of Iwo Jima, a remote Tokyo island in the Pacific, at the Nasu Imperial Villa in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba lays a flower during the memorial service at the Nippon Budokan on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2025
As Japan marks 80 years since WWII surrender, Ishiba expresses remorse
The prime minister’s reflections about the war stood in contrast to those of his recent predecessors.
Emperor Naruhito meets with Micronesian President Wesley Simina at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 30, 2025
Emperor meets with Micronesia's president
Emperor Naruhito thanked Micronesian President Wesley Simina for visiting Fukushima Prefecture in March to observe the reconstruction efforts there.
Emperor Naruhito plays the viola at a banquet hosted by the Mongolian first couple on July 8 in Ulaanbaatar.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 13, 2025
Japan's emperor and empress deepen ties with Mongolia
At the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII, the Emperor and Empress paid tribute to Japanese who died in Mongolia during the aftermath of the war.
Emperor Naruhito smiles at children who performed a dance during a visit to Shine Mongol School in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2025
Emperor visits Mongolian school offering Japanese-style education
Emperor Naruhito also visited Gandantegchinlen Monastery, a key temple in Mongolia that has been influenced by Tibetan Buddhism.
Emperor Naruhito visits a technical college modeled after Japan's <i>kōsen</i> schools in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jul 10, 2025
Emperor Naruhito visits kōsen technical school in Mongolia
About 40% of the school's graduates are employed in Japan.
Emperor Naruhito delivers a keynote speech via video at the Seventh Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters held at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2025
Emperor gives video speech at U.N. event on water and disasters
He urged people "to take new action" to tackle water-related issues around the world.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako pay tribute at a memorial to commemorate Japanese nationals who died while being detained in Mongolia after the end of World War II, in Dambadarjaa, on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 9, 2025
Emperor and empress mourn Japanese who died in Mongolia
It is the first time that a Japanese emperor has mourned at a site where Japanese people were detained abroad, according to the Imperial Household Agency.
Emperor Naruhito attends a welcome ceremony with Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh in Ulaanbaatar on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 8, 2025
Emperor and empress attend welcome ceremony in Mongolia
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako met with the country's president and his wife as part of a weeklong visit that comes on the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Former soldier Shuzo Yamada recounts his experience of being detained in Mongolia after World War II, in Nanto, Toyama Prefecture, in May.
JAPAN / History
Jul 6, 2025
Memory of detention in Mongolia still fresh for 107-year-old Japanese man
As they make a state visit to Mongolia, the imperial couple will offer flowers at a memorial for Japanese who were captured and detained in Mongolia after World War II.
Emperor Naruhito speaks during a news conference at the Imperial Palace on Wednesday ahead of his visit to Mongolia together with Empress Masako from Sunday.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2025
Emperor to mourn Japanese detainees who died in Mongolia
The Emperor last visited Mongolia in 2007, when he was Crown Prince.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will be the first reigning emperor and empress to visit Mongolia.
JAPAN
Jun 20, 2025
Emperor and empress to visit Mongolia in July
They will be the first reigning emperor and empress to visit Mongolia. The emperor visited the country in 2007 when he was Crown Prince.
Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and their daughter Princess Aiko visit the Okinawa Prefectural Peace Memorial Museum in Itoman on June 4.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 19, 2025
Parties are still arguing about the rules on imperial succession
Allowing female members to remain royalty after marriage, starting a maternal lineage, adoptions — there are a slew of ideas but a shortage of answers.
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako greet upon their arrival at Hiroshima Airport on Thursday.
JAPAN
Jun 19, 2025
Japan's emperor and empress arrive in Hiroshima
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako traveled to the city to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing.

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