As Japan's Emperor Naruhito travels across the country to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II this year, he ...

the Emperor Yoshihito (now known as the Taisho Emperor; with his death, Hirohito's reign took the name Showa). Because his father had been a weak and sickly man, Hirohito ruled more in the shadow ...

Japan’s Emperor Showa pushed to be able to express his ... The Emperor, also known by his given name Hirohito, particularly wanted to speak of his remorse in an address at a 1952 ceremony ...

According to a 1987 interview with Grand Chamberlain Yoshihiro Tokugawa, who served the emperor for 50 years at the Imperial Palace, Hirohito's affinity for the biological began in the sixth grade ...

the youngest brother of Emperor Hirohito, posthumously known as Emperor Showa. Her husband died of heart failure in 2016 at the age of 100. The couple had three sons, who have all sadly died ...

Here's a look. At age 55, Emperor Akihito succeeded his father, Emperor Showa, whose given name was Hirohito. Emperor Akihito became the first to take the throne as the "symbol of the State" under ...

Japanese Princess Yuriko, the wife of wartime Emperor Hirohito's brother and the oldest member of the imperial family, has died after her health deteriorated recently, palace officials said.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday to pay tribute to those who died on the island where one of the Second World War’s harshest battles was fought 80 years ago. The visit by Naruhito ...