As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised. By Martin Fackler and Ko Sasaki Her ...

LONDON (AP) — Before Emperor Naruhito of Japan hopped into a horse-drawn carriage with King Charles III, laid a wreath at Westminster Abbey or toured one of Britain's premier biomedical research ...

Without the Emperor, What Is Left of Old Japan? by Michael Auslin August 26, 2016 When Hirohito, Japan’s Emperor for 63 years, died on January 7, 1989, his youngest brother, the then 73-year old ...

Emperor Naruhito of Japan will start his U.K. trip by visiting the Thames Barrier. The visit aims to bolster U.K.-Japan relations as Britain seeks to amplify its influence in the Indo-Pacific. The ...

Japan's parliament tweaked the imperial succession law on Friday but maintained the bar on women emperors -- despite surveys suggesting wide public support for the idea. The future of the imperial ...

IWO-TO, Japan — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito visited Iwo Jima on Monday and paid tribute to thousands of Japanese and Americans who died in one of World War II's bloodiest battles. Naruhito and his wife, ...

Japan’s parliament has passed a bill relaxing its 19th-century imperial succession rules amid concerns of a shrinking royal family, but has retained rules insisting that only paternal-lineage men can ...

Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko bow during a national memorial service for victims in Tokyo March 11, 2012, to mark the first anniversary of an earthquake and tsunami that killed ...