AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE TOKYO The Japanese imperial system, reduced to a symbolic role since the end of World War II, is viewed as the last bastion of tradition by many older Japanese while the ...

Rather, he is “the symbol of the state ... → Japan’s incredible shrinking monarchy; From the May 27th 2017 edition. Discover stories from this section and more in the list of contents.

Japan’s post-war Constitution democratised the nation and strictly limited the role of the emperor to ‘the symbol of the State and of the unity of the People’. As Noriko Kawamura explains in our lead ...

The monarchy — despite its lack of social media accounts — plays an important symbolic role in Japanese culture. Here are five things you need to know. Emperors have a job for life ...

Emperor Akihito of Japan, after occupying the Chrysanthemum throne for thirty years, abdicated on April 30th, 2019; making him the first Japanese Emperor to do so in over two hundred years. The 84 ...

The Japanese emperor is considered a symbol of unity, a figurehead that ties the nation together. But for many, it is also a remnant of the ugly past, and polls have said it: the people want to ...

Japan is a constitutional monarchy. The imperial family is said to have originated with the mythical Emperor Jimmu, but its roots are traced to Emperor Kinmei in the 6th century.

Japan's beloved former Emperor Akihito marked his 91st birthday on Monday, as he continues to pursue his lifetime research into goby fish, care for his wife and pray for peace.

Japan's royal family, the oldest continuous hereditary monarchy, is facing a succession crisis - because women still aren't allowed to take to the throne.. Emperor Naruhito, 64, has just one ...

The Imperial House of Japan is not a normal family. It is the oldest existing hereditary monarchy in the world, a mysterious clan descended from the gods of Japanese mythology. The family is also ...

It sounds unbelievable that Japan, the home of Toyota, Sony, Canon, Nintendo, Komatsu, and other technology giants is the world’s oldest monarchy, since around 600 BC. Though my name Iraki is ...