Emperor Naruhito, 64, has just one daughter by his ... and that since then the line has been maintained by male heirs. If the lineage is broken, traditionalists fear the public will no longer ...

Emperor Naruhito stood alongside his wife, Empress Masako, as he spoke at the Imperial Palace Japan's Emperor Naruhito has pledged to fulfil his role as a "symbol of the state and unity", in his ...

Japan's Emperor Naruhito has formally proclaimed his ascension to the throne in an elaborate ceremony. The emperor, 59, officially began his reign in May after the abdication of his father ...

Naruhito, the grandson of Japan's longest reigning ... These traditionalists have "lobbied hard" to persuade others in the LDP that the male lineage is Japanese "tradition". By contrast, the ...

Naruhito first met Masako in 1986, shortly before the beginning of his father’s ... and will have to produce a male heir to secure the future of the family’s lineage unless the rules surrounding male ...

Despite the auspicious occasion, many in Japan are concerned about maintaining the imperial lineage. Princess Ayako ... Crown Prince Naruhito, his second son Prince Akishino, and Prince ...