The imperial family, like so many families, has its fair share of problems. But in this case, its very survival in its ...

Capcom has released a five-minute video message from Onimusha: Way of the Sword producer Akihito Kadowaki and director Satoru ...

Japanese shipowner K Line has unveiled its succession plan as it rings the changes at the top. A board meeting on Tuesday ...

Chief cabinet secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said Thursday that a visit by a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of ...

Japan said it would not fund a UN women's rights committee and suspended a member's visit over calls for the nation to change ...

Japan on Wednesday said it will freeze voluntary funding for a United Nations’ women’s rights panel that called for an end to ...

Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are planning to make an official weeklong visit to Mongolia in early July, government ...

The Japanese government on Wednesday announced countermeasures against a U.N. committee on discrimination against women that ...

Tokyo to ensure no funding goes to Committee on Elimination of Discrimination against Women, says foreign ministry - Anadolu ...

Seawater near Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant shows no negative impact on marine life: China Anadolu Agency 15:28 Thu, 23 Jan No abnormalities in water samples taken near Fukushima plant: China The ...

The Japanese emperor is considered a symbol of unity ... The Imperial Household Law explicitly excludes princesses from the line of succession, restricting their right to become monarchs.

However, Naruhito will not become emperor of Japan until the stroke ... old son of Naruhito's younger brother Akishino. Japan's centuries-old succession would be broken if that son, Hisahito ...