His grandfather, Emperor Hirohito, was Japan’s wartime leader, and his father, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, devoted his reign to reconciliation and acknowledging the war’s devastation.

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, left, accompanied by Empress Masako, right, waves to well-wishers from the balcony of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on his 65th birthday, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2025. (Kyodo News ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Emperor Naruhito, marking his 65th birthday Sunday, stressed the importance of telling the tragedy of ...

The war was fought in the name of his grandfather, then- Emperor Hirohito. Naruhito said he and Masako, who were born after the war, have learned from his parents by hearing their stories of ...

The war was fought in the name of his grandfather, then- Emperor Hirohito. Naruhito said he and ... awareness of the younger generations. In this photo provided by the Imperial Household Agency ...