Emperor Naruhito

In 2015, then-Emperor Akihito sent shock waves across the nation by expressing remorse over Japan’s involvement in the war.

An invitation to then Emperor Akihito from Yasukuni Shrine to mark the 150th anniversary this year of its establishment was declined last fall by his aides, it was learned Tuesday. The shrine, seen by critics as a symbol of Japan's past militarism, contacted the Imperial ...

Tokumasa Miyagi, a 78-year-old Okinawan who lost his father in the Battle of Okinawa in the final phase of World War II, hopes that Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will continue the peace efforts of their predecessors. Miyagi, head of the prefectural association of relatives ...

The U.K.’s Prince Charles and Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan are among the other foreign dignitaries who are planning to visit for the October ceremony.

China is making arrangements to send Vice President Wang Qishan here in October to attend a key ceremony for Emperor Naruhito’s accession.

The government plans to set up a panel by year-end to discuss how to achieve a stable imperial succession amid a shrinking number of royal family members, including whether to allow female succession, a government source said Saturday. But the panel, consisting of intellectuals from ...

A ceremony was held Friday on the Imperial Palace grounds to mark the start of construction of the temporary halls to be used in a key imperial succession rite this fall. Emperor Naruhito, who acceded the throne on May 1, must take part in a ...

Emperor Naruhito will assume the role of Honorary Patron of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the Imperial Household Agency announced Monday. The honor was formally requested by Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori, and submitted to the Imperial Household Agency through Prime Minister Shinzo ...

Two months into the Reiwa Era, talk about imperial succession has calmed, but there is still an issue that will be revisited in the coming months — the question of whether a woman should be able to ascend the Chrysanthemum Throne.

Prohibiting female members of the imperial family or their children from succeeding the Chrysanthemum Throne is unconstitutional.

The Chrysanthemum Throne should be passed down only to male members of the imperial family in keeping with a tradition that lends legitimacy to the family.