By The Sankei Shimbun The 73rd National Memorial Ceremony for the War Dead, the last of the Heisei Era, was held on...
(Second of Three Parts) Part 1: Interview with Emperor-in-Waiting: Public Servant in Step with the Times Ahead of his 58th birthday, on February...
(First of Three Parts) The Crown Prince of Japan invited the press for a conference at his official residence in the Tōgū Palace just...
According to the Imperial Household Ministry, the New Year’s greeting held at the Imperial Palace on January 2nd attracted 126,720 visitors, the biggest crowd ever...
The date of the Emperor’s abdication, and therefore the beginning of a new era, was finally approved by the Imperial Household Council on December 1....
Prince Akishino turned 52 on the 30th of November. At a press conference with Princess Kiko at the royal residence in Moto-Asakusa in Tokyo in...
The Imperial Household Council decided on Friday, December 1, on the date Emperor Akihito will officially step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne: April 30, 2019....
The Emperor continues to privately conduct the Niinamesai rituals. This picture was taken by the Imperial Household Agency in November 23, 2013, when he celebrated his 80th...
A select committee of government officials has presented to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe its final report on the issue of the Emperor’s abdication. The report...
