Since Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako had only one child-- a daughter-- and this made the line of succession in the Japanese royal family uncertain for a while. It even gave rise to debates in ...

Japan’s Prince Hisahito, who turned 18 last week, became the first male from the royal family to reach adulthood in nearly ...

However, both students said they didn’t plan on following the royal family’s Instagram account. The Japanese imperial family’s social media debut comes 15 years after Britain’s royal ...

Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s ...

"The [Japanese] were perhaps the last notable royal family not to fully engage the digital era," notes social media analyst Andrew Hughes. But it was an inevitable move. The family had made clear ...

The imperial family, like so many families, has its fair share of problems. But in this case, its very survival in its ...

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R. H. Crown Prince Hirohito of Japan, who is also Regent, to Princess Nagako Kuni-no-Miya will be solemnized on Jan. 29 in the sanctuary of the Imperial Palace at Tokyo. The royal marriage was to ...

Under Japan’s male-only royal succession law, Princess Mako forfeited her royal status when she married a commoner. She recently spent her last birthday as a member of the royal family ...

From England to Japan, royal family members have been upending tradition and risking it all to be with the people they love for decades. Whether they're homesick for Old Blighty or just fans of ...