The panel has been meeting to fulfill the government's obligation under a 2017 special measures law allowing then Emperor Akihito’s abdication to discuss how to overcome challenges to stable ...

Following his grandfather Akihito’s abdication, his uncle became Emperor Naruhito on May 1 and Hisahito became second in line to the throne. In August of the same year, during the summer ...

The Foreign Ministry’s China Division in 1991 listed the pros and cons of arranging a visit to China by Emperor Akihito, including the possible impact on diplomatic relations around Asia.

China repeatedly requested that Emperor Akihito visit after he ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989. Diplomatic documents released by the Foreign Ministry on Dec. 20 stated that on Dec. 17 ...

Emperor Emeritus Akihito (who abdicated in 2019), researches fish. Prince Hisahito’s father, Crown Prince Akishino, is an expert on chickens.

The prince, who turned 18 on Sept. 6, is the youngest of the 16-member imperial family and one of only five men, including former Emperor Akihito. The 1947 Imperial House Law only allows a male to ...

former Emperor Akihito, and uncle. "It is important (for the imperial family) to pay attention to people's lives and the state of society," he added. Under Japan's postwar Constitution ...

The prince is the youngest of the 16-member all-adult imperial family and one of only five men, including former Emperor Akihito. He said he barely had time to celebrate his adulthood on Sept.