Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are considering a visit to Iwoto Island in April to pay respects to the victims ...

Born on 23 February 1960, Emperor Naruhito is the current Emperor of Japan and the oldest child of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko. He became heir apparent to the Chrysanthemum Throne when he ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's beloved former Emperor Akihito ... his time quietly while caring for his 90-year-old wife, former Empress Michiko, who broke her leg bone in October and is still recovering ...

He has also been caring for Japan's former empress Michiko, who underwent surgery for a broken right femur after losing her balance and falling at her residence in October. The empress emeritus is ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito speaks to well ... "I wish for the happiness of people in our country and around the world." Former Empress Michiko, 90, who underwent surgery for a broken right femur ...

The Imperial Household Agency is considering a visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the island of Iwo Jima in ...

At that time, silk exports had become an important industrial sector in Japan and the empress took the lead ... The silk weaved under Michiko’s watch was used to recreate silk products of ...

Mourners observed a moment of silence before dawn at 5:46am, the exact time that the quake -- Japan’s second deadliest since ...