Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito was discharged from the University of Tokyo Hospital on Friday after receiving an additional ...

Japan's Emperor Emeritus Akihito has been discharged from a hospital in Tokyo after being admitted to the facility on Monday ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...