We hope that the Imperial Household Agency will reflect on whether or not it provided Princess Mako with adequate support.
Experts say that even after marriage, Princess Mako should continue to be a quasi-public member of the Imperial Family, and proposals are being considered as to...
The Princess has also expressed her wishes to decline a lump-sum usually given by the state to imperial family members upon their departure from the royal...
Empress Masako celebrated her 57th birthday on December 9. To mark the occasion, she conveyed her written message to the people of Japan through the...
‘The castle would then become a building of the people. We want to leave a building that future generations can be proud of, and want...
On November 13, Princess Mako, the eldest daughter of Crown Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko, released a statement through the Imperial Household Agency reaffirming her...
At the Akasaka Imperial Residence on May 14, Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako received a lecture by Hiromitsu Shimada, the Cabinet Office’s director general...
Japan’s Emperor Emeritus Akihito, 86, briefly lost consciousness and collapsed on Wednesday, January 29, the Imperial Household Agency disclosed. Akihito underwent an MRI examination,...
Japan entered the new Reiwa Era earlier this year as then-Emperor Akihito abdicated on April 30 to become Emperor Emeritus and his son Naruhito ascended...
Documents detailing conversations spanning the years from 1949 to 1953 between Emperor Hirohito, known posthumously as The Emperor Showa, and Michiji Tajima, the first grand...
Michiji Tajima, the first grand steward of the Imperial Household Agency, kept detailed records of his audiences with Emperor Hirohito, known posthumously as The Emperor...
The 84-year-old Empress Emerita Michiko has been discovered to be suffering from early-stage breast cancer, and will be undergoing surgery for this on an unspecified date. ...