Japan officially began a new era on 1 May when Crown Prince Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum Throne as the new emperor. The day before, his father Emperor Akihito became the first Japanese ...

On April 11, Naruhito and Empress Masako saw off Jordan’s King Abdullah II, Queen Rania, and Crown Prince Hussein at a carriage porch at the Imperial Palace. They then approached reporters ...

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 ...

Tsutsumi served on the Board of the Crown Prince’s Household at the time. Naruhito ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019. The couple marked their 30th wedding anniversary on June 9.

Princess Aiko, the only child of Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito, will not ascend the throne because she is female (Archive video) Naruhito's brother Prince Fumihito will be next in line to the ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, “Banzai,” which means “long live,” while others waved small paper Japanese ...

TOKYO, April 30. /TASS/. Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito has officially become the country’s emperor. In accordance with the law on the abdication of his father Akihito, this took place at 00:00 ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako appeared on the palace balcony at 10 am. They were accompanied by Crown Prince Akishino and other members of the Imperial family. The Emperor Emeritus and the ...

Japan will enter a new era on May 1 when Crown Prince Naruhito ascends the throne. He has learned much from his father and has been influenced by his thinking. The Crown Prince was born on ...

TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Thursday. Some shouted “banzai ...

It means that while Emperor Naruhito has a daughter Aiko, 22, it is his brother, Crown Prince Fumihito, 58, who takes precedence. Similarly the Crown Prince's daughters, Mako - no longer a royal ...