The Imperial Household Agency is considering visits by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Okinawa prefectures next year to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will attend a memorial ceremony on Jan. 17 to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake in western Japan, the Imperial Household Agency ...

Arrangements are being made for Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to visit Hiroshima and other domestic war-related sites next year to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This photo taken on Dec. 11, 2024 by the Imperial Household Agency of Japan and released on Dec. 23, 2024 ...

From left: The Emperor, Empress and their daughter Princess Aiko wave to well-wishers on Thursday from the balcony of the Imperial Palace in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo. The Yomiuri Shimbun 14:24 JST, January ...

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The Emperor, right, and Empress, center, on Tuesday inspect a site damaged by torrential rain in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, accompanied by Wajima Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi. WAJIMA, Ishikawa (Jiji ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Hyogo Prefecture for 2 days next month to attend the memorial service for the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake. The Imperial couple will fly from Haneda ...

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Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako have visited Wajima City in Ishikawa Prefecture to meet residents affected by September's torrential rains. The visit comes as the prefecture's Noto ...