The Imperial Household Agency on Wednesday unveiled its renewed website, which is also optimized for smartphones.

It is part of a broader effort by the Japanese imperial family to increase its reach with the public, having also formed a press relations office and updated its website in recent months.

But he may appear on occasions such as New Years, when the Imperial family greets well-wishers at the Imperial Palace. New Year greetings. Now the younger brother of the Emperor, Prince Akishino ...

Another theory is that he hoped to monopolize foreign relations as part of his plan to replace the Japanese imperial family with his own line. Yoshimitsu died before he could realize any plans to ...

Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change ...

Japan is to freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel over its recommendation that Japan’s male-only imperial succession rule should be revised from gender-equality perspecti ...

a professor at Tokyo's Seijo University and imperial family researcher. These traditionalists have "lobbied hard" to persuade others in the LDP that the male lineage is Japanese "tradition".

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are planning to make an official weeklong visit to Mongolia in early July, government sources sai Full article Japanese emperor to reconnect ...

Despite the speaker's hopes, it is unclear whether an agreement can be reached among the parties because there remain gaps ...