Japan's 91-year-old former Emperor Akihito has been hospitalized to adjust his heart medication, palace officials say.

From meeting with Queen Elizabeth II to a revolutionary royal wedding, the oldest living member of Japan's Imperial family's ...

Japan’s former emperor Akihito was hospitalized to adjust his heart medication on Monday, the Imperial Household Agency ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has met Mongolia's President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh during a visit aimed at strengthening ties between ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito attended a welcoming ceremony and met with Mongolian President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh on his first ...

The Japanese monarch’s first state visit to Mongolia acknowledged the past while looking toward the future of the two ...

Japan's new Emperor Naruhito (c.) waves to well-wishers as he arrives back at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 1, 2019. He formally ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne on Wednesday, ...

Japan’s new emperor, Naruhito, faces the delicate task of balancing tradition within the world’s oldest monarchy with his own modern values. (Charly Triballeau / AFP/Getty Images) ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has announced plans to honor Japanese World War II prisoners during his visit to Mongolia next week ...

The 1964 Games Proclaimed a New Japan. There’s Less to Cheer This Time. The country has changed vastly from that hopeful moment nearly six decades ago, and the Olympics this time around have ...

When Japan surrendered to the Allies in 1945, Akihito’s father, Emperor Hirohito, was forced to refute his divine status. As part of postwar negotiations he was allowed to retain his title, but ...