Tag: Japanese monarchy

Japan's crown prince Tuesday vowed to devote himself to assuming the role of emperor, days after parliament enacted a law ...

Crown Prince Naruhito (3rd from left) is first in line to take the throne after his father abdicate Japan's parliament ...

Japan passed a law Friday that allows 83-year-old Emperor Akihito to step down, setting the stage for its first imperial ...

Japan's parliament passed a law Friday that clears the way for its ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, in what ...

Japan's lower house of parliament passed a bill Friday that allows ageing Emperor Akihito to step down, as it also ...

Japan is setting the stage for its first imperial abdication in two centuries after the government on Friday approved a ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, ...

A member of Japan’s royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The 25-year-old ...

A member of Japan’s royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The 25-year-old ...

A member of Japan's royal family, Princess Mako, is to surrender her royal status by marrying a commoner. The 25-year-old ...

Emperor Akihito's granddaughter's upcoming engagement to her college sweetheart, a commoner, will cost the princess her royal status in a ...

Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito has suggested he is ready to take on the duties of emperor from his father as ...