Empress Masako, who marked her 61st birthday on Dec. 9, released a statement reflecting on the past year for her family, the Japanese people and those impacted by the Noto Peninsula earthquake.

Etsuko Sato, a resident of the Hyogo Prefecture city of Kakogawa, receives an email on Jan. 17 every year -- the anniversary ...

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

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako attended a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Empress Masako said the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of survivors of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, was a key event of ...

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 ...

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

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Empress Masako says the Nobel Peace Prize for an organization of atomic bombing survivors was a key event that impressed her this year and reminded her of the importance of ...