The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude-7.3 earthquake that ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas mark the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed over 6,400 people, with many hoping to keep alive the memories as the devastating ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito and Empress Emerita Michiko lived in the residence during the Heisei Era (1989-2019). The renovation work had been ongoing since March 2020, almost a year after the new ...

Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako ... Aiko will work at the Japanese Red Cross Society from April.

His family brought him immense joy. He is survived by his four sons, Ron (Philippines), Tom (Michiko) of Placentia, Calif., Steve (Shari) of Chino Hills, Calif., and David of Placentia ...

China has announced that vice president Han Zheng will attend the inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump as President Xi Jinping's special representative. This move highlights China's ...

In “Farewell to Manzanar,” she wrote about the years she and her family were imprisoned in a camp for Japanese Americans. It became the basis for a TV movie. As a cookbook author, TV ...

The emperor and empress offered flowers and bowed in front of a list of victims of the disaster that took the lives of 6,434 people in Kobe and surrounding areas in western Japan. The memorial ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended a viola concert on January 13. The two attended 85-year-old violist Uzuka Toshiyuki's recital in Tokyo. Uzuka, a professor emeritus at the Tokyo ...