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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Japan’s Emperor Akihito has marked the end of his three-decade reign with a ceremony in Tokyo as he prepares to abdicates in favour of his son, Crown Prince Naruhito. Akihito, 85, is the first ...

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 ...