Under clear skies, more than 13,000 people entered the palace grounds after the main gate opened at 9:30 a.m. Empress Masako, Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, and others stood ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's beloved former Emperor Akihito marked his 91st birthday on Monday, as he continues to pursue his lifetime research into goby fish, care for his wife and pray for peace.

Japan’s former emperor Akihito celebrated his 91st birthday on Monday by spending most of his time caring for his wife who is recovering from a broken leg, according to reports. The former ...

KYOTO--In their first trip outside Tokyo in four years, Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko praised restorers here who finished their work on a 19th-century court gown. “You did ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko moved into a newly renovated residence located within the grounds of the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo’s Minato Ward on April 26. Once the couple ...

Six imperial family members aged 65 or older, including Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko, received COVID-19 vaccinations on June 1. Akihito, 87, and Michiko, 86, got their jabs ...

Akihito, who abdicated in April, was a paradoxical figure: a hereditary monarch, the son of the wartime emperor, Hirohito, strictly barred from political utterance, who even so stood out against the ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito marked his 87th birthday Dec. 23 expressing deep concern about the COVID-19 pandemic and the toll it is taking on people’s health and daily lives, the Imperial Household ...

CINCINNATI -- The Reds on Monday signed Japanese outfielder Shogo Akiyama to a three-year, $21 million deal and will introduce the five-time Japanese All-Star at a news conference on Wednesday. The ...