More than 1,000 memorial events were held Jan. 17 to mark the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that claimed around 6,400 lives and reduced much of the port city of Kobe to ruins.

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako flew from Haneda Airport on the morning of January 16 to attend the Memorial ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya will visit China on Wednesday to hold talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and attend the second meeting of a high-level consultation mechanism on people ...

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Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako wave to well-wishers from a balcony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo during a New ...

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Just a year ago, when Naruhito was scheduled to greet the public on New Year, his appearance got canceled at eleventh hour as a devastating earthquake named The Noto earthquake, whose magnitude was ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted New Year’s well-wishers who gathered at the Imperial ...

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