Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Thursday renewed their hope for peace as they visited Hiroshima to pay their ...

Japanese researchers have found that diaries of more than 100 schools written during the final year of World War Two still ...

Historical evaluations of his role in the war remain divided. He is known posthumously in Japan as Emperor Showa. “Portraying Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor Showa in the same context is ...

Japan’s Emperor Showa pushed to be able to express his regret over World War II despite opposition from the government, according to recently disclosed documents obtained by NHK - a discovery an ...

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide ... who ruled during the Showa period and is now known as the Showa Emperor. It will come to a close on April 30, the day Akihito abdicates.

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has paid respects to atomic bombing victims in Hiroshima as the city marks the 80th anniversary of ...

It was Showa, or Enlightened Peace ... not want to heal the breach by an overt propaganda attack on the Emperor. But once Japan is defeated militarily, what then? There are two points of view.

Japan’s Emperor Akihito on Tuesday abdicated ... known after his death as Emperor Showa. Akihito is the first Japanese emperor to voluntarily abdicate the throne in more than two centuries ...

Naruhito, the Japan royal family’s monarch and Emperor ... Naruhito’s grandfather who is posthumously known as Emperor Showa. Imperial emperor Showa had stayed at Buckingham Palace in London ...

Princess Yuriko of Japan, sister-in-law of Emperor Showa, died aged 101 on Friday. The Japanese Imperial family shared the news on their official Instagram account, writing: "Her Imperial Highness ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have visited Okinawa to pray for the war dead ahead of the 80th anniversary marking ...

Historical evaluations of his role in the war remain divided. He is known posthumously in Japan as Emperor Showa. “Portraying Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor Showa in the same context is ...