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Japan Floods Death Toll Rises To 15
The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in southern Japan has risen to 15, media reported Saturday, as rescuers...
Japan Crown Prince Pledges ‘heart and Soul’ To Throne
Japan's crown prince Tuesday vowed to devote himself to assuming the role of emperor, days after parliament enacted a...
Japan Passes Landmark Bill For Emperor Akihito To Abdicate
Crown Prince Naruhito (3rd from left) is first in line to take the throne after his father abdicate Japan's parliament...
Five Things To Know About the Japanese Royals
Japan passed a law Friday that allows 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to step down, setting the stage for its first...
Japan Clears Way For First Emperor Abdication In Over 200 Years
Japan's parliament passed a law Friday that clears the way for its ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, in what would...
Japan Parliament Passes Emperor Abdication Law
Japan's lower house of parliament passed a bill Friday that allows ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, as it also...
Five Things To Know About the Japanese Royals
Japan is setting the stage for its first imperial abdication in two centuries after the government on Friday approved a...
Japan Cabinet Approves Emperor Akihito Abdication Bill
The Japanese government has approved a one-off bill that allows ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the...
Japan Cabinet Approves Bill Allowing Emperor’s Abdication
The Japanese government on Friday approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the...
Princess Mako To Lose Japan Royal Status By Marrying Commoner
A member of Japan’s royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The...
Princess To Lose Royal Status By Marrying Commoner
A member of Japan’s royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The...
Japanese Princess To Swap Status For Love
A member of Japan's royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The...
Japan Princess’s Betrothal Highlights Male Royal Succession Woes
Emperor Akihito's granddaughter's upcoming engagement to her college sweetheart, a commoner, will cost the princess her...
Anger, Confusion As Japan Revives Militaristic Edict
Japan's century-old imperial proclamation urging people to be willing to die for the emperor was consigned to history...
Saudi King Arrives In Tokyo For Four-Day Visit
Saudi Arabia's King Salman arrived in Tokyo Sunday, making the first visit to Japan by a monarch from the oil-rich...
Japan Recalls Tsunami, Nuclear Tragedy Six Years On
Japan paused Saturday to mark six years since a deadly earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster devastated its...
Japan Emperor Meets New Thai Monarch and Bids Farewell To Late King
Japan's emperor Akihito met Thailand's new monarch on Sunday during a brief visit to pay respects to his recently...
Japan Emperor Meets Vietnam Kin of Tokyo’s WWII Soldiers
Japan's royal couple on Thursday listened to the tearful stories of Vietnamese children who were abandoned by their...
Japanese Emperor Heads To Vietnam For First Time
Japan's emperor left for Vietnam on Tuesday to meet families of Japanese soldiers sent there by his father more than...