Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted banzai — “live long” — while others waved ...

You'd think the Imperial Palace would be mobbed with tourists, but it's not. You can credit the lack of crowds to an application policy, which limits the number of visitors. That's because the ...

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko moved out of their longtime residence, the Akasaka Imperial Residence, on Sept. 6. They are moving into the renovated Imperial Palace and ...

“I was able to enjoy the special atmosphere of the Imperial Palace as well as the different varieties of cherry blossoms,” said Kiyoko Hirose, 78, of Kawasaki just to the south of ...