Japan's Emperor Akihito addresses at the House of Councillors plenary session in Tokyo, Japan, on August 1. Kyodo/Reuters. Japan's left is deeply suspicious of Abe's desire for constitutional change.

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.

Akihito, who has reigned since 1989, was the first emperor not to be considered divine, and sought to bring the imperial family closer to the people of Japan. He is the son of Japan’s wartime ...

Japan’s Emperor Akihito said Monday that the he worries his health will prevent him from fulfilling his duties as the head of state. Hurricane-prone states The day in pictures Get the USA TODAY ...

Japan’s Emperor Akihito, with Empress Michiko, speaks during the ceremony of his abdication at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tuesday. The 85-year-old Akihito ends his three-decade reign, and ...

Japan’s Emperor Akihito confirmed reports on Monday, in a rare public address, that he’s thinking of stepping down from the “Chrysanthemum Throne” in the next few years due to health ...

Japan's 83-year-old Emperor Akihito will abdicate on April 30, 2019, capping a three-decade reign on the Chrysanthemum Throne, the Imperial Household Council said Friday – setting a date to the ...

Japan's parliament passed a law Friday allowing Emperor Akihito to become the first monarch to abdicate in 200 years. Akihito, 82, said in a rare television address last August that his time to go ...

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Emperor Akihito will become the first Japanese monarch to abdicate in 200 years. Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent. Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

In 2011, after Japan was struck by a deadly hurricane and tsunami, Emperor Akihito gave the nation’s first royal televised address in an attempt to salve the country’s wounds.He and his wife ...

The Japanese government has given approval to a bill that, if passed in the legislature, will permit Emperor Akihito to abdicate the “Chrysanthemum Throne”, the BBC reports. Akihito, who is 83 ...