Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved from a balcony window to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers, some shouting, ...

The emperor’s 2021 and 2022 greetings, which attract huge crowds to the palace’s usually cloistered grounds, were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Naruhito also offered prayers ...

Emperor Naruhito and his family greeted throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from a balcony window at the Imperial Palace in ...

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. But the report, on the experiences of 13 patients ...

Naruhito cut branches of the tree at the tree planting festival in 1991, when he was crown prince. The festival was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organizer initially ...

Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko had not spent a holiday at the Nasu Imperial Villa since August 2019, prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m very happy the three of us ...